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Baby names in Montana

What parents in Montana actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in Montana, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Charlotte 46
2 Lucy 41
3 Amelia 40
4 Lainey 38
5 Nora 37
6 Harper 36
7 Violet 36
8 Sophia 34
9 Evelyn 32
10 Isla 32
11 Hazel 31
12 Ava 29
13 Emma 29
14 Olivia 29
15 Aurora 27
16 Elizabeth 27
17 Juniper 27
18 Eleanor 26
19 Hadley 25
20 Ella 24

Top 20 boys' names in Montana, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Oliver 62
2 Henry 58
3 William 52
4 Hudson 45
5 Theodore 45
6 James 44
7 Waylon 43
8 Weston 43
9 Cooper 41
10 Colter 39
11 Liam 39
12 Miles 37
13 Owen 37
14 Maverick 35
15 Asher 34
16 Jack 34
17 Beau 33
18 Benjamin 33
19 Brooks 32
20 Bennett 31

The most distinctive names in Montana

These are the names Montana uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in MontanaLocation quotient
Bridger 155 28.3×
Colter 154 12.0×
Ridge 89 10.6×
Kimber 55 7.2×
Stetson 150 7.0×
Augustus 73 5.9×
Aspen 154 5.9×
Lewis 62 5.6×
Tripp 55 5.6×
Soren 57 5.5×
Ember 158 5.3×
Lane 132 5.1×
Colt 133 5.1×
Briggs 66 5.1×
Otto 80 4.8×
Juniper 158 4.7×
Sage 187 4.7×
Wade 80 4.7×
Rhett 189 4.6×
Bodie 50 4.6×

The number one name in Montana, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Charlotte 46 Oliver 62
2024 Lainey 47 Oliver 58
2023 Charlotte 54 Oliver 59
2022 Olivia 44 William 54
2021 Olivia 53 Oliver 54
2020 Olivia 51 Oliver 68
2019 Emma 52 Oliver 61
2018 Harper 63 Liam 55
2017 Olivia 60 James 59
2016 Harper 57 James 60
2015 Emma 70 William 63
2014 Emma 56 William 61
2013 Emma 84 Liam 80
2012 Olivia 58 Liam 67
2011 Emma 69 Mason 74
2010 Emma 62 Wyatt 60
2009 Emma 70 Ethan 60
2008 Madison 63 Ethan 66
2007 Madison 67 Ethan 68
2006 Emma 63 Jacob 68

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.