Names of Montana

1,019,300 births across 2,403 different names since 1910. No name belongs to Montana more than Bridger.

Most concentrated in Montana

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name	Born here	Concentration
Bridger	523	31.5×
Colter	518	19.5×
Tana	251	15.9×
Kale	110	7.3×
Ridge	102	5.6×
Dick	418	5.3×
Aspen	395	5.2×
Monte	276	5.0×
Myrna	410	4.8×
Lyle	754	4.6×
Stetson	181	4.3×
Darcy	247	4.1×
Danette	95	4.0×
Tawnya	37	3.9×
Lane	525	3.8×
Vern	87	3.8×
Kimber	94	3.8×
Kari	656	3.7×
Kaycee	63	3.7×
Kade	241	3.6×

Most given, girls

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	12,974
2	Patricia	5,407
3	Linda	5,320
4	Margaret	5,183
5	Barbara	4,912
6	Helen	4,760
7	Dorothy	4,546
8	Betty	4,538
9	Elizabeth	4,432
10	Jennifer	4,325
11	Carol	3,909
12	Susan	3,870
13	Karen	3,746
14	Donna	3,667
15	Ruth	3,244

Most given, boys

#	Name	Births
1	Robert	18,782
2	John	18,085
3	James	17,083
4	William	14,645
5	Michael	13,264
6	David	11,652
7	Richard	9,739
8	Thomas	8,184
9	Donald	7,484
10	Charles	7,368
11	Daniel	7,007
12	Joseph	6,829
13	Kenneth	5,457
14	George	5,218
15	Mark	5,001

Other states and the District of Columbia

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.