State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,861 Montana births in 1916 across 393 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#87Rexoutside the national top 200
#95Clarkoutside the national top 200
#98Geneoutside the national top 200
#57Fern#152 nationally
#82Patricia#174 nationally
#72Patrick#154 nationally
#90Otto#170 nationally
#85Lyle#153 nationally
#92Shirley#160 nationally
#89Archie#152 nationally
#65Wallace#124 nationally
#30June#86 nationally

Girls

#1Mary257US #1
#2Margaret217US #4
#3Helen210US #2
#4Dorothy186US #3
#5Ruth123US #5
#6Alice107US #13
#7Frances96US #9
#8Mildred78US #6
#9Evelyn76US #11
#10Virginia73US #10
#11Elizabeth68US #8
#12Doris66US #32
#13Gladys66US #22
#14Clara64US #39
#15Florence64US #14
#16Irene63US #17
#17Esther61US #34
#18Edna57US #19
#19Lois56US #43
#20Hazel52US #31
#21Marjorie51US #37
#22Marie50US #12
#23Catherine48US #20
#24Edith48US #28
#25Rose47US #15
#26Grace46US #26
#27Josephine46US #21
#28Jean45US #45
#29Lillian44US #16
#30June43US #86
#31Ethel42US #25
#32Louise42US #18
#33Anna40US #7
#34Bernice40US #42
#35Lucille40US #30
#36Myrtle40US #58
#37Eleanor39US #27
#38Thelma39US #29
#39Betty38US #44
#40Martha37US #24
#41Maxine37US #96
#42Vivian37US #77
#43Mabel36US #65
#44Agnes34US #50
#45Emma34US #41
#46Violet33US #83
#47Eva32US #55
#48Gertrude32US #35
#49Bertha31US #49
#50Ann30US #40
#51Elsie30US #48
#52Kathryn30US #60
#53Viola30US #59
#54Barbara28US #74
#55Katherine28US #51
#56Pearl28US #57
#57Fern27US #152
#58Leona27US #75
#59Ruby27US #23
#60Marian26US #72
#61Marion26US #47
#62Eileen24US #118
#63Genevieve24US #76
#64Pauline23US #33
#65Anne22US #53
#66Ellen22US #87
#67Phyllis22US #95
#68Geraldine21US #94
#69Jessie21US #68
#70Julia21US #46
#71Kathleen21US #104
#72Marguerite21US #78
#73Beatrice20US #38
#74Charlotte20US #80
#75Ella19US #81
#76Ida19US #54
#77Wilma19US #82
#78Blanche18US #89
#79Emily18US #100
#80Harriet18US #106
#81Mae18US #92
#82Patricia18US #174
#83Alma17US #70
#84Eunice17US #110
#85Laura17US #64
#86Lorraine17US #128
#87Olive17US #132
#88Sarah17US #52
#89Lena16US #85
#90Nellie16US #61
#91Norma16US #111
#92Shirley16US #160
#93Vera16US #66
#94Alberta15US #123
#95Christine15US #121
#96Audrey14US #119
#97Georgia14US #108
#98Irma14US #149
#99Jeanette14US #135
#100Sylvia14US #69

Boys

#1John254US #1
#2William253US #2
#3Robert230US #4
#4James193US #3
#5George188US #7
#6Charles125US #6
#7Harold90US #13
#8Donald88US #20
#9Frank86US #9
#10Edward78US #8
#11Joseph78US #5
#12Richard71US #15
#13Thomas71US #10
#14Walter71US #11
#15Harry70US #19
#16Arthur69US #18
#17Jack67US #26
#18Kenneth63US #27
#19Paul63US #12
#20Albert61US #17
#21Raymond60US #16
#22Henry55US #14
#23Carl54US #23
#24Francis51US #31
#25Howard50US #25
#26Roy50US #33
#27Fred48US #29
#28Clarence47US #24
#29Ralph46US #21
#30Earl43US #32
#31Norman42US #48
#32Clifford41US #61
#33Leonard37US #42
#34David35US #28
#35Herbert35US #40
#36Lawrence33US #38
#37Lloyd31US #58
#38Stanley31US #34
#39Chester29US #54
#40Lester29US #59
#41Ray29US #73
#42Russell29US #51
#43Alfred28US #43
#44Elmer28US #45
#45Ernest27US #36
#46Louis27US #22
#47Floyd26US #60
#48Eugene24US #39
#49Edwin23US #53
#50Marvin23US #66
#51Victor23US #78
#52Gerald22US #76
#53Alvin21US #82
#54Andrew21US #46
#55Bernard21US #49
#56Glenn21US #84
#57Herman21US #56
#58Lewis21US #71
#59Melvin21US #57
#60Philip21US #70
#61Joe20US #35
#62Vernon20US #75
#63Gordon19US #90
#64Leo19US #47
#65Wallace19US #124
#66Arnold18US #89
#67Leslie17US #112
#68Oscar17US #86
#69Glen16US #122
#70Leroy16US #63
#71Michael16US #44
#72Patrick16US #154
#73Willard16US #69
#74Daniel15US #55
#75Everett15US #91
#76Wilbur15US #94
#77Woodrow15US #64
#78Claude14US #93
#79Hugh14US #96
#80Milton14US #72
#81Theodore14US #65
#82Warren14US #102
#83Allen13US #101
#84Frederick13US #52
#85Lyle13US #153
#86Martin13US #81
#87Rex13
#88Virgil13US #104
#89Archie12US #152
#90Otto12US #170
#91Samuel12US #41
#92Wesley12US #135
#93Bill11US #147
#94Cecil11US #80
#95Clark11
#96Clyde11US #62
#97Douglas11US #151
#98Gene11
#99Harvey11US #92
#100Jerry11US #145

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑53Chester#39
↑45Violet#46
↑40Lewis#58
↑36Clara#14
↑36Alvin#53
↑36Andrew#54
↑27Emma#45
↑26Vivian#42

Falling

↓46Laura#85
↓42Audrey#96
↓34Georgia#97
↓34Martin#86
↓30Nellie#90
↓26Vera#93
↓25Katherine#55
↓25Harriet#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.