Popular baby names in Montana, 2024

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2024 were Lainey for girls (47 babies) and Oliver for boys (58). Lainey ranked #38 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,466 babies born in Montana in 2024 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2024

Names given at least 15 times in Montana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ember: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Scottie: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lainey: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Hadley: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
June: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Piper: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sage: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wrenley: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Paisley: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charlie: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Briggs: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Colter: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Stetson: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Barrett: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dawson: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beau: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ryder: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Waylon: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emmett: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Lainey	47	↑17	38
2	Charlotte	41	↓1	4
3	Olivia	37	↑1	1
4	Eleanor	35	↑2	14
5	Evelyn	34	↑3	8
6	Amelia	32	↓1	3
7	Emma	31	↓5	2
8	Hazel	31	↓5	19
9	Isla	30	↑1	35
10	Nora	30	↓3	22
11	Ember	28	↑17	>100
12	Harper	27	↓3	12
13	Paisley	26	↑1	61
14	Sophia	25	↓3	6
15	Aurora	23	↑1	16
16	Ellie	23	↑8	21
17	Scarlett	23	↓2	27
18	Emery	22	↑8	70
19	Audrey	21	new	82
20	Avery	21	↓3	31
21	Elizabeth	21	–	17
22	Hadley	21	↑8	>100
23	Ava	20	↓10	9
24	Ella	20	new	30
25	Josephine	20	new	56
26	Lily	20	↓3	24
27	Eloise	19	new	64
28	Ivy	19	new	36
29	Maeve	19	↑20	75
30	Ruby	19	↑5	62
31	Mia	18	new	5
32	Willow	18	↓20	41
33	Iris	17	new	72
34	Josie	17	new	88
35	June	17	new	>100
36	Violet	17	↓7	15
37	Alice	16	new	63
38	Brooklyn	16	new	>100
39	Clara	16	new	78
40	Hannah	16	new	52
41	Juniper	16	↓19	>100
42	Lucy	16	↓23	34
43	Parker	16	new	>100
44	Adeline	15	new	58
45	Charlie	15	new	>100
46	Eden	15	↓26	71
47	Grace	15	–	40
48	Kinsley	15	new	85
49	Lillian	15	new	54
50	Naomi	15	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Oliver	58	–	3
2	James	56	↑1	5
3	Theodore	49	↓1	4
4	Hudson	47	↑3	22
5	William	45	↑4	10
6	Liam	43	↑4	1
7	Noah	42	↓1	2
8	Beau	39	↑19	69
9	Asher	37	↑2	20
10	Henry	36	↓6	6
11	Maverick	36	↑8	36
12	Waylon	34	↑4	65
13	Owen	33	↓8	26
14	Wyatt	33	↑3	38
15	Elijah	32	↑20	8
16	Jackson	32	↓8	35
17	Bennett	31	↑27	60
18	Cooper	31	↓6	50
19	Levi	31	↓5	12
20	John	30	↑3	21
21	Mason	29	↑18	42
22	Weston	29	↓1	70
23	Daniel	28	new	16
24	Miles	28	↓4	37
25	Wesley	28	new	58
26	Benjamin	27	↓1	11
27	Ezra	27	↓5	13
28	Jack	27	↓13	15
29	Luke	27	↓5	34
30	Stetson	27	↑19	>100
31	Thomas	27	↑3	39
32	Walker	27	↓1	82
33	Everett	25	↓20	85
34	Joseph	25	↓8	32
35	Brooks	24	↓17	67
36	Caleb	24	new	49
37	Samuel	24	↓4	17
38	Carter	23	↓1	46
39	Dawson	23	new	>100
40	Grayson	23	↓2	48
41	Lincoln	23	new	73
42	August	22	new	88
43	Colter	22	↓1	>100
44	Roman	22	new	52
45	Silas	22	new	81
46	Emmett	21	new	>100
47	Ezekiel	20	↓2	54
48	Logan	20	new	45
49	Michael	20	↓13	18
50	Ryder	20	new	>100

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