Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	199
2	Jason	194
3	Joshua	162
4	Christopher	157
5	Ryan	141
6	David	129
7	James	126
8	John	117
9	Justin	112
10	Matthew	110
11	Daniel	97
12	Brian	96
13	Jeremy	92
14	William	89
15	Robert	88
16	Aaron	85
16	Travis	85
18	Nicholas	81
19	Joseph	76
20	Eric	75
21	Nathan	73
22	Benjamin	68
22	Brandon	68
24	Andrew	67
24	Jeffrey	67

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Chad	66
27	Kevin	65
28	Steven	64
29	Timothy	61
30	Dustin	58
31	Adam	54
31	Paul	54
33	Jonathan	52
33	Mark	52
35	Richard	51
35	Shane	51
37	Charles	48
38	Scott	46
39	Patrick	45
40	Shawn	44
41	Jacob	43
42	Jesse	42
43	Cody	41
44	Thomas	39
45	Bradley	38
46	Casey	36
47	Anthony	34
48	Cory	33
49	Kyle	32
50	Sean	31
51	Seth	29
51	Todd	29
51	Tyler	29
54	Donald	28
54	Zachary	28
56	Bryan	27
57	Jared	26
57	Jeremiah	26
59	Samuel	25
60	Brent	24
60	Kenneth	24
60	Kristopher	24
63	Lucas	23
63	Russell	23
65	Brett	22
65	Jay	22
67	Douglas	21
67	Erik	21
67	Gregory	21
67	Peter	21
67	Trevor	21
72	Gary	20
72	Jon	20
72	Lance	20
75	Craig	19
75	Joel	19
75	Kelly	19
75	Luke	19
75	Randy	19
75	Wesley	19
81	Brad	18
81	Curtis	18
81	Stephen	18
84	Derek	17
84	Edward	17
84	Levi	17
84	Phillip	17
84	Troy	17
89	Keith	16
89	Nathaniel	16
91	George	15
91	Lee	15
91	Ronald	15
91	Shaun	15
95	Bryce	14
95	Corey	14
95	Larry	14
98	Clinton	13
98	Raymond	13
100	Cameron	12
100	Ian	12
100	Jerry	12
100	Spencer	12