Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	212
2	Joshua	209
3	Matthew	183
4	Christopher	173
5	Ryan	156
6	Jason	119
7	James	118
8	Justin	115
9	Daniel	114
10	Jeremy	108
11	David	107
12	John	104
13	Brian	101
14	Brandon	99
15	Joseph	96
16	Robert	90
17	Jesse	87
18	William	86
19	Nathan	85
20	Andrew	84
21	Dustin	83
21	Eric	83
21	Nicholas	83
24	Adam	80
25	Benjamin	77

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Aaron	74
27	Travis	71
28	Jonathan	65
29	Thomas	64
30	Jacob	61
31	Steven	60
32	Chad	58
32	Scott	58
32	Timothy	58
35	Jeffrey	57
35	Patrick	57
37	Tyler	54
38	Kevin	53
39	Sean	52
40	Casey	46
41	Cody	45
42	Levi	42
43	Cory	39
43	Richard	39
45	Kyle	38
45	Mark	38
47	Anthony	37
48	Shawn	36
49	Luke	35
50	Bradley	34
51	Paul	33
52	Seth	32
53	Samuel	31
53	Shane	31
55	Jared	30
55	Lucas	30
57	Brett	29
57	Charles	29
57	Kenneth	29
57	Zachary	29
61	Derek	28
62	Gregory	27
63	Bryan	25
63	Douglas	25
63	Jeremiah	25
63	Stephen	25
67	Russell	23
68	Peter	21
69	Lance	20
70	Craig	19
70	Donald	19
70	Gary	19
70	Keith	19
70	Nathaniel	19
70	Trevor	19
76	Alexander	18
76	Beau	18
76	Erik	18
79	Ian	17
79	Jon	17
79	Jordan	17
79	Phillip	17
83	Edward	16
83	Kelly	16
83	Randy	16
86	Brent	15
86	Cameron	15
86	Joel	15
86	Martin	15
86	Ronald	15
86	Todd	15
86	Wesley	15
93	Curtis	13
93	George	13
93	Isaac	13
93	Philip	13
93	Shaun	13
98	Austin	12
98	Cole	12
98	Dennis	12
98	Tyson	12