Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	204
2	Joshua	201
3	Christopher	179
4	Jason	173
5	Ryan	163
6	Matthew	144
7	David	130
8	Justin	127
9	Daniel	125
10	Robert	114
11	James	107
12	Brian	105
12	John	105
14	Jeremy	102
14	Joseph	102
16	Nicholas	95
17	Kevin	82
18	Eric	81
18	William	81
20	Andrew	73
21	Nathan	70
21	Scott	70
23	Chad	69
24	Aaron	68
24	Travis	68

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	66
27	Brandon	65
28	Adam	63
29	Thomas	62
30	Dustin	61
31	Jesse	59
32	Timothy	58
33	Benjamin	56
34	Patrick	52
35	Jacob	51
36	Mark	48
37	Richard	47
37	Shawn	47
39	Kyle	45
40	Levi	43
41	Charles	42
41	Shane	42
41	Steven	42
44	Jonathan	41
45	Cory	40
46	Casey	37
46	Cody	37
48	Douglas	35
48	Paul	35
50	Luke	34
50	Peter	34
52	Zachary	33
53	Craig	31
54	Lucas	30
54	Shaun	30
56	Bradley	29
56	Seth	29
58	Jeremiah	28
58	Sean	28
58	Tyler	28
61	Anthony	27
61	Bryan	27
61	Jared	27
61	Samuel	27
65	Erik	26
66	Brett	24
66	Kenneth	24
68	Derek	23
68	Gregory	23
70	Joel	22
71	Randy	21
72	Kelly	20
72	Nathaniel	20
74	Lance	19
74	Stephen	19
74	Trevor	19
77	Corey	18
77	Curtis	18
77	Donald	18
77	Jay	18
77	Ronald	18
82	Brent	17
83	Jordan	16
83	Russell	16
83	Troy	16
83	Wesley	16
87	Keith	15
87	Phillip	15
87	Raymond	15
87	Wayne	15
91	Beau	14
91	Dennis	14
91	Gary	14
91	Ian	14
95	Austin	13
95	Darren	13
95	Gabriel	13
95	Kurt	13
95	Larry	13
95	Marcus	13
95	Todd	13