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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,397 Montana births in 1915 across 338 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#89Montanaoutside the national top 200
#93Donnaoutside the national top 200
#99Markoutside the national top 200
#93Dan#192 nationally
#62Fern#157 nationally
#81Lydia#170 nationally
#97Leland#185 nationally
#94Freda#176 nationally
#91Bruce#172 nationally
#60Emil#138 nationally
#86Patrick#164 nationally
#85Karl#160 nationally

Girls

#1Helen255US #2
#2Mary244US #1
#3Dorothy167US #3
#4Margaret150US #4
#5Ruth129US #5
#6Frances82US #9
#7Marie78US #11
#8Alice68US #13
#9Elizabeth67US #8
#10Evelyn65US #10
#11Mildred64US #6
#12Florence61US #14
#13Gladys57US #21
#14Lois56US #47
#15Virginia52US #12
#16Lillian51US #15
#17Edna50US #20
#18Irene49US #17
#19Esther48US #33
#20Lucille48US #29
#21Marjorie48US #39
#22Ethel46US #23
#23Hazel45US #26
#24Anna44US #7
#25Catherine44US #19
#26Doris42US #34
#27Jean42US #48
#28Eleanor40US #28
#29Grace38US #27
#30Katherine38US #49
#31Thelma37US #30
#32Gertrude36US #35
#33Agnes35US #45
#34Betty35US #53
#35Edith35US #31
#36Elsie34US #41
#37Josephine34US #22
#38Kathryn34US #60
#39Laura34US #61
#40Louise34US #18
#41Mabel33US #62
#42Bernice32US #42
#43Eva32US #55
#44Martha32US #25
#45Pauline31US #32
#46Rose31US #16
#47Barbara29US #83
#48Ruby29US #24
#49Ann26US #43
#50Clara26US #38
#51June26US #96
#52Marion26US #50
#53Myrtle24US #58
#54Audrey23US #127
#55Harriet22US #112
#56Jane22US #69
#57Leona22US #74
#58Marguerite22US #85
#59Maxine22US #98
#60Nellie22US #63
#61Anne21US #52
#62Fern21US #157
#63Georgia21US #111
#64Bertha20US #46
#65Ellen20US #88
#66Phyllis20US #100
#67Vera20US #65
#68Vivian20US #78
#69Jessie19US #66
#70Julia19US #44
#71Charlotte18US #81
#72Emma18US #40
#73Ida18US #54
#74Marian18US #86
#75Viola18US #59
#76Wilma18US #80
#77Eileen17US #132
#78Pearl17US #56
#79Sylvia17US #67
#80Blanche16US #87
#81Lydia16US #170
#82Olive16US #123
#83Juanita15US #92
#84Verna15US #126
#85Ella14US #75
#86Mae14US #89
#87Alma13US #70
#88Hilda13US #107
#89Montana13
#90Opal13US #90
#91Violet13US #82
#92Beatrice12US #37
#93Donna12
#94Freda12US #176
#95Kathleen12US #104
#96Lorraine12US #141
#97Lucy12US #79
#98Norma12US #118
#99Beulah11US #95
#100Dora11US #122

Boys

#1John264US #1
#2William233US #2
#3Robert185US #4
#4James150US #3
#5Charles136US #7
#6George134US #6
#7Joseph85US #5
#8Donald73US #20
#9Edward73US #8
#10Frank73US #9
#11Arthur72US #18
#12Thomas69US #10
#13Harold67US #12
#14Harry64US #19
#15Albert60US #17
#16Jack59US #27
#17Clarence56US #24
#18Richard54US #15
#19Paul52US #13
#20Fred51US #26
#21Howard51US #25
#22Walter51US #11
#23Henry50US #14
#24Kenneth49US #28
#25Raymond45US #16
#26Earl43US #33
#27Lloyd43US #62
#28Ralph43US #21
#29Carl40US #22
#30David34US #31
#31Elmer33US #45
#32Alfred32US #42
#33Roy32US #32
#34Ernest31US #35
#35Leonard31US #44
#36Francis30US #29
#37Joe29US #38
#38Eugene27US #41
#39Norman27US #50
#40Russell27US #51
#41Gordon26US #90
#42Clifford25US #61
#43Glenn25US #87
#44Lawrence25US #37
#45Louis25US #23
#46Lester24US #57
#47Edwin23US #53
#48Leo23US #47
#49Wayne22US #97
#50Ray20US #67
#51Willard20US #58
#52Martin19US #79
#53Peter19US #49
#54Stanley19US #34
#55Floyd18US #59
#56Melvin18US #60
#57Vernon18US #80
#58Herbert17US #40
#59Victor17US #74
#60Emil16US #138
#61Everett16US #89
#62Philip16US #69
#63Theodore16US #64
#64Bernard15US #48
#65Daniel15US #55
#66Oscar15US #88
#67Gerald14US #78
#68Marvin14US #72
#69Arnold13US #91
#70Cecil13US #76
#71Edgar13US #85
#72Glen13US #123
#73Leroy13US #66
#74Leslie13US #106
#75Michael13US #43
#76Wallace13US #126
#77Warren13US #105
#78Ben12US #113
#79Benjamin12US #71
#80Claude12US #96
#81Harvey12US #95
#82Samuel12US #39
#83Archie11US #151
#84Gilbert11US #100
#85Karl11US #160
#86Patrick11US #164
#87Virgil11US #108
#88Wilbur11US #92
#89Alvin10US #81
#90Andrew10US #46
#91Bruce10US #172
#92Chester10US #54
#93Dan10US #192
#94Hugh10US #111
#95Jacob10US #121
#96Lee10US #84
#97Leland10US #185
#98Lewis10US #70
#99Mark10
#100Max10US #102

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑41Leona#57
↑33Georgia#63
↑33Emil#60
↑31Russell#40
↑30Harriet#55
↑30Jane#56
↑29Katherine#30
↑29Edwin#47

Falling

↓34Alma#87
↓31Vera#67
↓31Alvin#89
↓29Emma#72
↓28Glen#72
↓28Andrew#90
↓26Melvin#56
↓24Marian#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.