State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,546 Montana births in 1914 across 274 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#54Fern#172 nationally
#84Freda#194 nationally
#83Bert#191 nationally
#99Antonoutside the national top 200
#100Elvaoutside the national top 200
#78Lyle#178 nationally
#34June#132 nationally
#71Lydia#168 nationally
#84Don#173 nationally
#95Irvin#181 nationally
#64Patrick#149 nationally
#44Glen#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary187US #1
#2Helen132US #2
#3Margaret125US #4
#4Dorothy103US #3
#5Ruth68US #5
#6Frances67US #9
#7Mildred58US #7
#8Marie51US #10
#9Alice47US #12
#10Elizabeth44US #8
#11Florence43US #13
#12Evelyn41US #11
#13Hazel39US #29
#14Virginia39US #14
#15Grace38US #25
#16Gladys37US #20
#17Agnes35US #44
#18Esther35US #35
#19Lois35US #51
#20Josephine31US #23
#21Doris30US #36
#22Ethel30US #21
#23Kathryn30US #63
#24Louise30US #17
#25Edna29US #19
#26Irene29US #22
#27Jean28US #54
#28Edith27US #31
#29Rose27US #15
#30Lillian26US #16
#31Ann25US #40
#32Gertrude25US #32
#33Anna24US #6
#34June24US #132
#35Myrtle24US #60
#36Vera24US #68
#37Clara22US #37
#38Lucille22US #30
#39Marjorie22US #45
#40Anne21US #53
#41Bertha21US #41
#42Betty21US #62
#43Emma21US #39
#44Laura21US #59
#45Catherine20US #18
#46Mabel18US #58
#47Ruby18US #24
#48Eleanor17US #28
#49Elsie17US #46
#50Marian17US #90
#51Thelma17US #26
#52Viola17US #57
#53Alma16US #69
#54Fern16US #172
#55Martha16US #27
#56Nellie16US #61
#57Pauline16US #34
#58Bernice15US #43
#59Katherine15US #48
#60Marguerite15US #84
#61Marion15US #50
#62Pearl15US #56
#63Vivian15US #81
#64Eva14US #52
#65Genevieve14US #76
#66Ida14US #49
#67Jessie14US #64
#68Violet13US #83
#69Wilma13US #95
#70Bessie12US #55
#71Lydia12US #168
#72Mae12US #85
#73Opal12US #89
#74Geraldine11US #123
#75Maxine11US #114
#76Minnie11US #67
#77Phyllis11US #113
#78Ada10US #106
#79Beatrice10US #38
#80Charlotte10US #88
#81Ellen10US #86
#82Julia10US #42
#83Roberta10US #158
#84Freda9US #194
#85Harriet9US #111
#86Jane9US #71
#87Jeanette9US #150
#88Olive9US #127
#89Shirley9US #160
#90Stella9US #65
#91Adeline8US #166
#92Annie8US #33
#93Dolores8US #155
#94Dora8US #121
#95Ella8US #72
#96Georgia8US #107
#97Lena8US #75
#98Leona8US #79
#99Christine7US #117
#100Elva7

Boys

#1John177US #1
#2William170US #2
#3Robert139US #4
#4George114US #6
#5James106US #3
#6Charles81US #7
#7Frank69US #9
#8Arthur56US #18
#9Joseph55US #5
#10Edward53US #8
#11Walter51US #10
#12Donald48US #23
#13Albert46US #15
#14Paul45US #13
#15Harold43US #14
#16Harry43US #19
#17Richard43US #17
#18Henry41US #12
#19Jack40US #27
#20Thomas38US #11
#21Ralph37US #21
#22Raymond34US #16
#23Carl31US #24
#24Clarence30US #22
#25Fred30US #28
#26Kenneth29US #30
#27Roy29US #32
#28Howard28US #26
#29Francis27US #31
#30Melvin23US #59
#31Elmer22US #46
#32Earl21US #33
#33Clifford20US #62
#34David20US #29
#35Ernest20US #38
#36Norman20US #54
#37Alfred19US #41
#38Eugene19US #43
#39Leo18US #47
#40Lloyd18US #66
#41Louis18US #20
#42Daniel17US #55
#43Leonard17US #45
#44Glen16US #123
#45Joe16US #34
#46Peter16US #48
#47Stanley16US #39
#48Ray15US #74
#49Floyd14US #58
#50Lawrence14US #35
#51Leslie14US #103
#52Wayne14US #111
#53Gordon13US #88
#54Lester13US #57
#55Orville13US #133
#56Oscar13US #77
#57Willard13US #92
#58Alvin12US #78
#59Frederick12US #52
#60Glenn12US #91
#61Martin12US #73
#62Andrew11US #44
#63Bernard11US #50
#64Patrick11US #149
#65Claude10US #93
#66Gerald10US #81
#67Harvey10US #95
#68Herbert10US #42
#69Marvin10US #75
#70Maurice10US #94
#71Russell10US #49
#72Anthony9US #37
#73Arnold9US #97
#74Chester9US #56
#75Clyde9US #63
#76Edwin9US #53
#77Herman9US #51
#78Lyle9US #178
#79Milton9US #69
#80Sam9US #67
#81Vernon9US #83
#82Alex8US #131
#83Bert8US #191
#84Don8US #173
#85Ronald8US #163
#86Samuel8US #36
#87Victor8US #76
#88Wesley8US #132
#89Allen7US #105
#90Cecil7US #79
#91Edgar7US #87
#92Edmund7US #130
#93Emil7US #143
#94Gilbert7US #104
#95Irvin7US #181
#96Mike7US #129
#97Tom7US #137
#98Virgil7US #107
#99Anton6
#100Bruce6US #169

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑60June#34
↑58Leo#39
↑52Glen#44
↑39Lois#19
↑37Myrtle#35
↑35Alma#53
↑34Laura#44
↑33Willard#57

Falling

↓44Edwin#76
↓33Cecil#90
↓31Christine#99
↓28Catherine#45
↓28Katherine#59
↓26Don#84
↓25Thelma#51
↓25Andrew#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.