State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,041 Montana births in 1913 across 231 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#62Percy#189 nationally
#82Ivanoutside the national top 200
#58Don#176 nationally
#85Nickoutside the national top 200
#79Patricia#190 nationally
#75Freda#185 nationally
#93Byronoutside the national top 200
#96Montanaoutside the national top 200
#100Altaoutside the national top 200
#98Mark#194 nationally
#90Bonnie#180 nationally
#92August#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary140US #1
#2Helen110US #2
#3Dorothy91US #3
#4Margaret77US #4
#5Ruth70US #5
#6Alice49US #11
#7Frances47US #9
#8Evelyn40US #12
#9Elizabeth34US #8
#10Marie33US #10
#11Mildred32US #6
#12Hazel31US #27
#13Virginia31US #15
#14Florence29US #13
#15Louise27US #17
#16Agnes26US #41
#17Catherine25US #22
#18Gertrude25US #33
#19Irene25US #21
#20Anna24US #7
#21Esther24US #32
#22Rose23US #14
#23Edna22US #18
#24Lillian22US #16
#25Marjorie22US #48
#26Thelma22US #26
#27Ann21US #46
#28Bertha20US #39
#29Clara20US #36
#30Gladys20US #19
#31Katherine20US #54
#32Kathryn20US #66
#33Anne19US #57
#34Doris19US #44
#35Eleanor19US #34
#36Grace19US #25
#37Jean17US #60
#38Josephine17US #24
#39Mabel17US #56
#40Martha17US #28
#41Pauline17US #35
#42Edith16US #29
#43Ethel16US #20
#44Lucille16US #31
#45Viola16US #52
#46Bernice15US #45
#47Elsie15US #40
#48Pearl15US #55
#49Emma14US #38
#50Marion14US #51
#51Maxine14US #119
#52Violet14US #82
#53Blanche13US #76
#54Eva13US #50
#55Genevieve13US #84
#56Betty12US #67
#57Ellen12US #88
#58Lois12US #59
#59Phyllis12US #122
#60Ruby12US #23
#61Sarah12US #43
#62Wilma12US #92
#63Kathleen11US #110
#64Nellie11US #58
#65Vera11US #68
#66Vivian11US #83
#67Charlotte10US #87
#68Christine10US #124
#69Ida10US #49
#70Julia10US #42
#71Lucy10US #77
#72Myrtle10US #53
#73Sylvia10US #72
#74Beatrice9US #37
#75Freda9US #185
#76Georgia9US #100
#77Jennie9US #80
#78Laura9US #62
#79Patricia9US #190
#80Verna9US #126
#81Ella8US #70
#82Inez8US #98
#83Loretta8US #118
#84Nora8US #135
#85Norma8US #139
#86Velma8US #89
#87Ada7US #104
#88Alma7US #64
#89Barbara7US #94
#90Bonnie7US #180
#91Della7US #151
#92Harriet7US #125
#93Hilda7US #105
#94June7US #163
#95Leona7US #74
#96Montana7
#97Olive7US #129
#98Sadie7US #115
#99Adeline6US #173
#100Alta6

Boys

#1John142US #1
#2William99US #2
#3Robert90US #4
#4James88US #3
#5George79US #6
#6Charles67US #7
#7Joseph57US #5
#8Frank45US #9
#9Donald42US #25
#10Arthur41US #17
#11Edward38US #8
#12Walter36US #11
#13Albert34US #16
#14Thomas34US #10
#15Harold31US #13
#16Richard31US #19
#17Harry30US #15
#18Henry30US #12
#19Jack28US #28
#20Earl27US #31
#21Howard25US #26
#22Carl24US #23
#23Fred22US #27
#24Kenneth22US #33
#25Paul22US #14
#26Louis19US #20
#27Francis18US #30
#28Lloyd18US #67
#29Peter17US #51
#30Ralph17US #22
#31Raymond17US #18
#32Edwin16US #55
#33Leonard16US #46
#34Clarence15US #21
#35David15US #29
#36Stanley15US #41
#37Andrew14US #47
#38Eugene14US #43
#39Lawrence13US #35
#40Norman13US #57
#41Bernard12US #52
#42Elmer12US #45
#43Ernest12US #34
#44Lester12US #59
#45Ray12US #73
#46Daniel11US #54
#47Frederick11US #49
#48Glenn11US #85
#49Gordon11US #94
#50Herbert11US #39
#51Joe11US #37
#52Roy11US #32
#53Alfred10US #42
#54Clifford10US #68
#55Leslie10US #105
#56Lewis10US #72
#57Cecil9US #74
#58Don9US #176
#59Harvey9US #93
#60Michael9US #40
#61Everett8US #97
#62Percy8US #189
#63Russell8US #50
#64Samuel8US #36
#65Alvin7US #82
#66Archie7US #134
#67Arnold7US #92
#68Emil7US #143
#69Herman7US #53
#70Hugh7US #115
#71Orville7US #120
#72Patrick7US #148
#73Stephen7US #86
#74Theodore7US #60
#75Wayne7US #113
#76Alex6US #130
#77Allen6US #100
#78Benjamin6US #70
#79Floyd6US #58
#80Gerald6US #84
#81Gilbert6US #103
#82Ivan6
#83Jesse6US #79
#84Lee6US #78
#85Nick6
#86Philip6US #69
#87Rudolph6US #139
#88Vernon6US #83
#89Victor6US #80
#90Willard6US #99
#91Alexander5US #98
#92August5US #171
#93Byron5
#94Clyde5US #64
#95Edgar5US #87
#96Glen5US #129
#97Leo5US #48
#98Mark5US #194
#99Marvin5US #77
#100Maurice5US #95

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑39Pauline#41
↑38Maxine#51
↑35Lloyd#28
↑32Blanche#53
↑32Stanley#36
↑31Ray#45
↑29Violet#52
↑26Frederick#47

Falling

↓51Leo#97
↓43Myrtle#72
↓41Theodore#74
↓36Leona#95
↓30Ruby#60
↓29Victor#89
↓25Edith#42
↓25Joe#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.