Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1971

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	226
2	Jason	182
3	Robert	178
4	John	176
5	David	155
6	James	139
7	Scott	129
8	Shawn	100
9	Chad	98
10	Christopher	95
11	Brian	94
11	Kevin	94
13	William	93
14	Daniel	88
14	Steven	88
16	Mark	80
17	Shane	73
18	Matthew	71
19	Richard	70
20	Jeffrey	67
21	Eric	66
22	Paul	63
23	Thomas	59
23	Travis	59
25	Timothy	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joseph	54
26	Kenneth	54
28	Gregory	48
29	Gary	46
30	Charles	45
30	Douglas	45
30	Todd	45
33	Ronald	43
33	Troy	43
35	Patrick	42
36	Justin	40
37	Jeremy	39
38	Aaron	37
39	Craig	36
40	Ryan	33
41	Bradley	32
42	Andrew	30
42	Sean	30
44	Donald	29
45	Bryan	26
45	Chris	26
45	Cory	26
45	Russell	26
49	Brett	25
50	Dennis	24
50	Lance	24
50	Randy	24
50	Stephen	24
54	Jonathan	23
54	Larry	23
56	Brent	22
56	Keith	22
58	Curtis	21
58	Kelly	21
60	George	20
61	Derek	19
61	Dustin	19
61	Jerry	19
61	Nathan	19
61	Terry	19
66	Brandon	18
66	Edward	18
66	Kyle	18
66	Raymond	18
66	Wayne	18
71	Anthony	17
71	Benjamin	17
71	Jeff	17
71	Jeffery	17
71	Jon	17
71	Wade	17
77	Dale	16
77	Darin	16
77	Dean	16
77	Trevor	16
81	Cody	15
81	Corey	15
81	Jay	15
81	Jesse	15
81	Joshua	15
81	Lee	15
81	Mike	15
81	Peter	15
81	Rodney	15
90	Adam	14
90	Erik	14
90	Neil	14
90	Shannon	14
90	Tony	14
95	Carl	13
95	Clinton	13
95	Jamie	13
95	Joe	13
95	Martin	13
95	Ty	13