Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	217
2	Jason	215
3	Christopher	139
4	John	132
5	Robert	122
6	James	121
7	David	113
8	Scott	107
9	Brian	103
10	William	99
11	Chad	91
12	Daniel	85
13	Shawn	77
14	Kevin	71
15	Joseph	69
15	Shane	69
17	Jeffrey	67
18	Mark	64
18	Matthew	64
20	Justin	63
20	Travis	63
22	Timothy	61
23	Eric	59
24	Ryan	58
24	Thomas	58

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Richard	55
27	Jeremy	50
28	Steven	48
29	Todd	39
30	Dustin	38
31	Gregory	36
32	Kenneth	35
33	Ronald	34
34	Charles	33
34	Troy	33
36	Cory	32
36	Douglas	32
36	Gary	32
39	Brent	31
40	Anthony	30
40	Donald	30
42	Bryan	29
42	Kelly	29
42	Paul	29
45	Aaron	28
45	Patrick	28
47	Brandon	27
48	Sean	26
49	Andrew	25
49	Craig	25
49	Jonathan	25
52	Jon	24
53	Bradley	23
54	Joshua	22
54	Tyler	22
56	Brett	21
56	Russell	21
56	Stephen	21
56	Terry	21
60	Edward	20
60	Randy	20
62	Dennis	19
62	Lance	19
62	Peter	19
62	Wayne	19
66	Corey	18
66	Curtis	18
66	George	18
69	Chris	17
69	Dale	17
69	Keith	17
69	Raymond	17
73	Adam	16
73	Benjamin	16
73	Casey	16
73	Erik	16
73	Frank	16
73	Jay	16
73	Kyle	16
80	Dean	15
80	Kurt	15
82	Derek	14
82	Jesse	14
82	Joel	14
82	Larry	14
82	Nathan	14
82	Samuel	14
82	Wade	14
89	Brad	13
89	Jerry	13
89	Lee	13
89	Shannon	13
89	Tony	13
94	Jeffery	12
95	Alan	11
95	Christian	11
95	Jacob	11
95	Rodney	11
99	Carl	10
99	Duane	10
99	Gordon	10
99	Jack	10
99	Mike	10
99	Nicholas	10
99	Theodore	10
99	Tracy	10
99	Trevor	10