Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	178
2	Matthew	144
3	Christopher	136
4	Joshua	130
5	Andrew	122
5	Ryan	122
7	Daniel	117
8	Tyler	116
9	Kyle	102
10	John	101
11	Justin	94
11	Robert	94
13	Jacob	92
14	David	88
15	James	86
16	Joseph	78
17	Nicholas	72
18	Benjamin	71
18	Cody	71
18	Dustin	71
18	William	71
22	Brandon	70
23	Brian	63
24	Kevin	61
25	Jason	56

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thomas	54
26	Zachary	54
28	Patrick	53
29	Adam	52
29	Eric	52
29	Jonathan	52
29	Nathan	52
33	Jeremy	51
33	Steven	51
35	Jesse	50
36	Timothy	48
37	Aaron	47
38	Jeffrey	45
38	Scott	45
40	Sean	43
41	Anthony	42
42	Jared	41
43	Charles	39
44	Jordan	36
45	Paul	35
45	Peter	35
45	Travis	35
48	Richard	34
48	Samuel	34
50	Alexander	33
50	Chad	33
50	Shane	33
53	Derek	30
53	Levi	30
55	Stephen	29
56	Brett	28
56	Casey	28
56	Cole	28
56	Mark	28
60	Bryan	27
60	Cory	27
62	Marcus	25
62	Shawn	25
62	Trevor	25
65	Alex	22
65	Gregory	22
65	Jake	22
68	Keith	21
68	Nathaniel	21
70	Chase	19
71	Jeremiah	18
72	Austin	17
72	Carl	17
72	Drew	17
72	Kenneth	17
72	Logan	17
72	Lucas	17
72	Luke	17
72	Seth	17
80	Bradley	16
80	Craig	16
80	Erik	16
80	Jack	16
80	Joel	16
80	Tyson	16
86	Allen	15
86	Bryce	15
86	Corey	15
86	Dylan	15
86	Mitchell	15
86	Ronald	15
92	Caleb	14
92	Russell	14
92	Tanner	14
92	Taylor	14
96	Curtis	13
96	Devin	13
96	Garrett	13
96	Gary	13
96	Lance	13
96	Todd	13