Name Legacy

Baby names in Montana, 1990s

1990–1999 · 73,613 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Montana across the 1990s, with 1,077 births in the decade. The state recorded 73,613 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Montana in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bridger10057×
Colter10846×
Tyrel3913×
Tucker133
Lane139
Levi288
Wyatt232
Jace67

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob1,077
#2Michael1,027
#3Tyler1,004
#4Taylor888
#5Jordan848
#6Matthew810
#7Austin809
#8Jessica790
#9Joshua785
#10Cody753
#11Ashley717
#12Zachary664
#13Christopher654
#14Ryan651
#15Kyle650
#16Andrew643
#17Justin635
#18Emily613
#19Brandon601
#20Joseph600
#21Samantha591
#22Sarah586
#23Daniel567
#24James554
#25Hannah538

Other decades in Montana

All Montana names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org