Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joshua	219
2	Michael	186
3	Ryan	161
4	Jason	155
5	Matthew	146
6	Christopher	143
7	Justin	136
8	James	130
9	Daniel	128
10	David	118
11	Robert	113
12	Brian	112
13	John	105
14	Joseph	103
15	Nicholas	90
16	Dustin	88
17	Eric	86
18	Adam	84
19	Benjamin	83
19	Brandon	83
21	William	78
22	Chad	74
23	Jeffrey	73
23	Kevin	73
23	Nathan	73

Rank	Name	Babies
23	Timothy	73
27	Jonathan	72
27	Travis	72
29	Andrew	70
29	Jeremy	70
31	Jesse	68
32	Scott	67
33	Aaron	66
34	Jacob	61
35	Thomas	59
36	Charles	55
37	Richard	50
38	Tyler	47
39	Mark	44
39	Steven	44
41	Patrick	41
42	Cody	39
42	Shane	39
44	Casey	38
45	Anthony	37
45	Kyle	37
45	Zachary	37
48	Derek	36
48	Levi	36
48	Paul	36
48	Shawn	36
52	Cory	35
52	Jeremiah	35
52	Kenneth	35
55	Bradley	33
55	Luke	33
57	Jared	32
58	Bryan	31
59	Sean	30
60	Seth	27
61	Lucas	25
61	Samuel	25
63	Brent	24
64	Gregory	23
64	Peter	23
66	Clinton	22
67	Brett	20
68	Douglas	19
68	Todd	19
68	Trevor	19
71	Craig	18
71	Erik	18
71	Joel	18
74	Kristopher	17
74	Phillip	17
74	Ronald	17
77	Beau	16
77	Donald	16
77	Ian	16
77	Keith	16
77	Stephen	16
77	Troy	16
83	Clayton	15
83	Gary	15
83	Russell	15
86	Corey	14
86	Dennis	14
86	Edward	14
86	Jeffery	14
90	Alan	13
90	Jay	13
90	Lee	13
90	Randy	13
94	Ty	12
94	Tyson	12
96	Brad	11
96	Caleb	11
96	Clint	11
96	George	11
96	Isaac	11
96	Tanner	11
96	Wesley	11