Top Baby Names in Montana, 2020s — Most Popular Boys & Girls Names

The most popular baby names in Montana from 2020 to 2024, ranked by total births during the decade.

What the Data Says About the 2020s in Montana

During the 2020s (2020–2024), the Social Security Administration recorded 12,425 births across the top 50 boy and top 50 girl names in Montana. The decade's leading boy name was Oliver with 288 births, while Charlotte was the top girl name with 228 births. The top 50 boys in this decade collectively accounted for 7,034 births versus 5,391 for the top 50 girls — a common SSA pattern in which the boy-name pool is more concentrated among fewer high-frequency choices. These totals represent only names appearing five or more times per year in Montana; rarer names fall below the SSA's privacy-disclosure threshold and are excluded.

The 2020s sits within a specific cultural window of U.S. naming history. Recent decades like the 2020s reflect a distinctive modern pattern — shorter names, vowel-heavy endings, and revived classic forms (Liam, Noah, Olivia, Emma) replacing the trendy -aiden/-ayden constructions of the prior era. Oliver and Charlotte leading Montana during this window reflects how regional preferences interact with broader national trends.

Decade totals are computed by summing SSA state-year records for Montana across all ten years of the 2020s. Because the SSA suppresses any name with fewer than five annual occurrences in a state, the true number of unique names given in Montana during this decade is larger than what this page lists. The dataset also treats every spelling as a separate name — for example, Kayla and Kaylah are tracked independently — so combined-spelling totals would shift the rankings somewhat. This page is provided for informational and research purposes and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

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Boy Top 50 Boy Names

Rank Name Births
1 Oliver 288
2 James 230
3 Theodore 225
4 William 224
5 Henry 223
6 Liam 202
7 Noah 199
8 Hudson 194
9 Wyatt 190
10 Owen 179
11 Maverick 169
12 Jack 168
13 Asher 165
14 Jackson 164
15 Benjamin 144
16 Ezra 140
17 Waylon 138
18 Brooks 138
19 Mason 138
20 Cooper 137
21 John 136
22 Elijah 131
23 Samuel 130
24 Beau 128
25 Levi 128
26 Lincoln 127
27 Carter 124
28 Luke 120
29 Everett 120
30 Miles 116
31 Weston 114
32 Walker 114
33 Michael 114
34 Lucas 113
35 Bennett 112
36 Wesley 112
37 Daniel 112
38 Thomas 111
39 Sawyer 110
40 Charles 109
41 Grayson 108
42 Logan 104
43 Leo 104
44 Easton 103
45 Joseph 103
46 Silas 99
47 Ryder 96
48 Stetson 95
49 River 93
50 Rhett 93

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

Rank Name Births
1 Charlotte 228
2 Olivia 222
3 Evelyn 179
4 Harper 170
5 Emma 170
6 Amelia 168
7 Hazel 161
8 Eleanor 157
9 Nora 157
10 Ava 144
11 Paisley 131
12 Willow 131
13 Sophia 128
14 Isla 121
15 Elizabeth 121
16 Aurora 112
17 Ruby 106
18 Ellie 105
19 Lily 105
20 Avery 102
21 Violet 102
22 Madison 101
23 Hadley 101
24 Scarlett 96
25 Emery 93
26 Lainey 92
27 Grace 92
28 Juniper 91
29 Lucy 91
30 Ember 90
31 Isabella 86
32 Piper 85
33 Quinn 84
34 Aspen 80
35 Finley 79
36 Luna 78
37 Lillian 78
38 Abigail 76
39 Kinsley 75
40 Nova 75
41 Josephine 75
42 Addison 74
43 Mia 74
44 Emily 74
45 Ella 74
46 Zoey 73
47 Ivy 73
48 Everly 72
49 Audrey 70
50 Riley 69

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Compare 2020s leaders: Oliver vs Charlotte → or pick any two names →

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year are included (ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html).

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.