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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,873 Montana births in 1912 across 171 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Montana more than they say America.

#50Phillip#189 nationally
#39Don#177 nationally
#86Eileenoutside the national top 200
#91Patricia#195 nationally
#54Audrey#145 nationally
#61Lydia#152 nationally
#59Patrick#145 nationally
#65Otto#150 nationally
#64Caroline#139 nationally
#78May#153 nationally
#79Olga#154 nationally
#70Phyllis#140 nationally

Girls

#1Mary108US #1
#2Margaret81US #4
#3Helen73US #2
#4Dorothy65US #3
#5Ruth52US #5
#6Alice48US #11
#7Elizabeth39US #8
#8Evelyn37US #13
#9Frances37US #9
#10Mildred34US #6
#11Anna30US #7
#12Grace29US #24
#13Lillian28US #14
#14Florence27US #12
#15Ann26US #47
#16Edna25US #16
#17Edith24US #31
#18Marie24US #10
#19Gladys22US #19
#20Lucille21US #32
#21Catherine20US #21
#22Ethel20US #18
#23Doris19US #48
#24Esther19US #33
#25Irene19US #22
#26Virginia19US #20
#27Rose18US #15
#28Jean17US #64
#29Myrtle17US #50
#30Ruby17US #23
#31Hazel16US #25
#32Louise16US #17
#33Mabel16US #46
#34Thelma16US #26
#35Katherine15US #53
#36Agnes14US #40
#37Elsie14US #42
#38Gertrude14US #30
#39Marjorie14US #56
#40Bernice13US #51
#41Josephine13US #28
#42Anne12US #58
#43Clara12US #34
#44Emma12US #35
#45Ida12US #45
#46Kathryn12US #71
#47Marion12US #55
#48Eva11US #49
#49Genevieve11US #92
#50Martha11US #29
#51Pearl11US #54
#52Bertha10US #36
#53Eleanor10US #39
#54Audrey9US #145
#55Betty9US #66
#56Ellen9US #86
#57Julia9US #44
#58Laura9US #57
#59Leona9US #76
#60Lois9US #63
#61Lydia9US #152
#62Viola9US #52
#63Beatrice8US #37
#64Caroline8US #139
#65Ella8US #69
#66Nellie8US #59
#67Beulah7US #80
#68Jessie7US #65
#69Mae7US #74
#70Phyllis7US #140
#71Vera7US #68
#72Barbara6US #102
#73Charlotte6US #91
#74Jane6US #89
#75Jennie6US #81
#76Kathleen6US #118
#77Marguerite6US #79
#78May6US #153
#79Olga6US #154
#80Pauline6US #38
#81Violet6US #83
#82Vivian6US #84
#83Wilma6US #99
#84Bessie5US #43
#85Blanche5US #75
#86Eileen5
#87Geraldine5US #122
#88Loretta5US #119
#89Maxine5US #134
#90Norma5US #137
#91Patricia5US #195
#92Stella5US #73
#93Victoria5US #150

Boys

#1John124US #1
#2William91US #2
#3James68US #3
#4Robert68US #4
#5George58US #6
#6Frank37US #9
#7Harold37US #13
#8Joseph34US #5
#9Edward28US #8
#10Harry27US #16
#11Charles26US #7
#12Jack26US #28
#13Arthur24US #15
#14Donald23US #27
#15Richard21US #19
#16Kenneth20US #33
#17Walter19US #11
#18Albert18US #17
#19David17US #29
#20Fred17US #26
#21Raymond17US #18
#22Thomas17US #10
#23Clarence15US #21
#24Carl14US #24
#25Leonard14US #45
#26Joe13US #36
#27Elmer12US #47
#28Henry12US #12
#29Lawrence12US #38
#30Louis12US #20
#31Ralph12US #23
#32Roy12US #31
#33Theodore12US #52
#34Alfred11US #40
#35Earl11US #34
#36Herbert11US #39
#37Howard11US #25
#38Peter11US #48
#39Don10US #177
#40Edwin10US #54
#41Paul10US #14
#42Chester9US #55
#43Ernest9US #32
#44Eugene9US #41
#45Francis9US #35
#46Leo9US #49
#47Lester9US #58
#48Melvin9US #71
#49Glenn8US #84
#50Phillip8US #189
#51Andrew7US #44
#52Anthony7US #37
#53Clifford7US #62
#54Daniel7US #53
#55Gerald7US #87
#56Gilbert7US #115
#57Gordon7US #93
#58Norman7US #61
#59Patrick7US #145
#60Victor7US #81
#61Wayne7US #118
#62Leroy6US #66
#63Lloyd6US #70
#64Milton6US #64
#65Otto6US #150
#66Philip6US #69
#67Samuel6US #30
#68Stanley6US #43
#69Stephen6US #88
#70Alex5US #135
#71Alvin5US #86
#72Floyd5US #59
#73Frederick5US #51
#74Martin5US #75
#75Morris5US #82
#76Ray5US #77
#77Russell5US #56
#78Woodrow5US #46

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑47Thelma#34
↑40Ruby#30
↑22Grace#12
↑21Kenneth#16
↑19Julia#57
↑19Arthur#13
↑18Genevieve#49
↑16Bernice#40

Falling

↓65Violet#81
↓47Russell#77
↓45Vivian#82
↓36Ray#76
↓35Jennie#75
↓34Pauline#80
↓34Lloyd#63
↓30Francis#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.