NameCensus.

Top first names in Montana

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Montana since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Montana account for 432,066 total births.

# Name Total in Montana Trend
1 Robert 18,770
2 John 18,055
3 James 17,039
4 William 14,591
5 Michael 13,244
6 Mary 12,961
7 David 11,634
8 Richard 9,730
9 Thomas 8,154
10 Donald 7,483
11 Charles 7,347
12 Daniel 6,984
13 Joseph 6,811
14 Kenneth 5,457
15 Patricia 5,407
16 Linda 5,320
17 George 5,206
18 Margaret 5,172
19 Mark 5,001
20 Barbara 4,912
21 Helen 4,760
22 Gary 4,738
23 Christopher 4,554
24 Dorothy 4,539
25 Betty 4,538
26 Matthew 4,521
27 Elizabeth 4,405
28 Steven 4,380
29 Ronald 4,378
30 Jennifer 4,325
31 Paul 4,302
32 Jack 4,034
33 Joshua 3,989
34 Timothy 3,913
35 Carol 3,909
36 Susan 3,871
37 Edward 3,821
38 Brian 3,780
39 Karen 3,746
40 Scott 3,730
41 Donna 3,667
42 Jason 3,581
43 Andrew 3,555
44 Ryan 3,546
45 Larry 3,485
46 Kevin 3,415
47 Jacob 3,365
48 Patrick 3,300
49 Ruth 3,237
50 Douglas 3,233
51 Jessica 3,168
52 Sarah 3,165
53 Sharon 3,161
54 Shirley 3,147
55 Raymond 3,144
56 Justin 3,029
57 Sandra 2,976
58 Frank 2,917
59 Nancy 2,893
60 Lisa 2,888
61 Tyler 2,884
62 Jeffrey 2,860
63 Kathleen 2,856
64 Dennis 2,818
65 Benjamin 2,686
66 Michelle 2,599
67 Amanda 2,551
68 Alice 2,539
69 Laura 2,525
70 Anna 2,505
71 Julie 2,467
72 Kelly 2,457
73 Harold 2,453
74 Rebecca 2,413
75 Samuel 2,412
76 Jerry 2,360
77 Virginia 2,329
78 Terry 2,297
79 Anthony 2,285
80 Eric 2,282
81 Evelyn 2,280
82 Debra 2,243
83 Dale 2,229
84 Gregory 2,224
85 Brandon 2,221
86 Henry 2,216
87 Jean 2,191
88 Katherine 2,190
89 Kimberly 2,187
90 Emily 2,184
91 Heather 2,158
92 Gerald 2,140
93 Kyle 2,113
94 Walter 2,106
95 Janet 2,088
96 Amy 2,087
97 Nathan 2,075
98 Frances 2,066
99 Nicholas 2,056
100 Cody 2,051