State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,342 Montana births in 1917 across 411 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#92Bertoutside the national top 200
#93Luellaoutside the national top 200
#100Geneoutside the national top 200
#78Fern#162 nationally
#87Lydia#169 nationally
#97Merle#178 nationally
#75Lyle#153 nationally
#86Delbert#162 nationally
#63Olive#138 nationally
#71Emil#137 nationally
#83Patricia#147 nationally
#63Glen#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary289US #1
#2Helen280US #2
#3Margaret233US #4
#4Dorothy223US #3
#5Ruth168US #5
#6Alice108US #13
#7Frances108US #9
#8Mildred97US #6
#9Evelyn94US #11
#10Virginia79US #10
#11Doris73US #25
#12Hazel73US #31
#13Lucille72US #29
#14Marjorie72US #36
#15Gladys71US #23
#16Lois70US #43
#17Marie69US #12
#18Edna67US #20
#19Irene67US #17
#20Ethel63US #24
#21Florence62US #14
#22Anna61US #7
#23Lillian61US #15
#24Elizabeth60US #8
#25Esther60US #38
#26Rose59US #16
#27Betty54US #34
#28Edith53US #28
#29Agnes52US #48
#30Jean51US #40
#31Louise51US #19
#32Catherine49US #18
#33June49US #73
#34Thelma47US #32
#35Elsie46US #50
#36Grace46US #30
#37Eleanor45US #26
#38Gertrude45US #37
#39Martha45US #22
#40Marian43US #74
#41Bernice41US #42
#42Violet40US #84
#43Clara39US #41
#44Ruby39US #27
#45Vera37US #66
#46Ellen36US #90
#47Josephine36US #21
#48Vivian36US #79
#49Emma35US #46
#50Kathryn35US #60
#51Mabel34US #68
#52Beatrice33US #39
#53Phyllis33US #92
#54Ann32US #44
#55Barbara32US #67
#56Geraldine32US #89
#57Katherine32US #49
#58Viola32US #59
#59Marion31US #45
#60Laura30US #65
#61Maxine30US #93
#62Myrtle30US #58
#63Olive28US #138
#64Stella28US #62
#65Anne27US #53
#66Pauline27US #33
#67Jessie26US #70
#68Leona26US #80
#69Bertha25US #51
#70Jane25US #55
#71Nellie25US #64
#72Eva24US #54
#73Sylvia24US #69
#74Audrey23US #117
#75Eileen23US #106
#76Georgia23US #105
#77Charlotte22US #76
#78Fern22US #162
#79Genevieve22US #77
#80Julia20US #47
#81Kathleen20US #101
#82Marguerite20US #78
#83Patricia20US #147
#84Eunice19US #111
#85Ida19US #56
#86Harriet18US #104
#87Lydia17US #169
#88Mae17US #96
#89Norma17US #108
#90Opal17US #95
#91Pearl17US #57
#92Lorraine16US #116
#93Luella16
#94Roberta16US #149
#95Wilma16US #82
#96Winifred16US #141
#97Alma15US #71
#98Caroline15US #152
#99Dora15US #125
#100Jennie15US #81

Boys

#1John381US #1
#2William301US #2
#3Robert289US #4
#4James210US #3
#5George175US #6
#6Charles171US #7
#7Donald121US #20
#8Walter102US #11
#9Harold101US #12
#10Frank94US #9
#11Joseph91US #5
#12Edward90US #8
#13Richard86US #14
#14Thomas86US #10
#15Arthur75US #17
#16Harry71US #19
#17Henry69US #15
#18Kenneth69US #27
#19Jack65US #22
#20Raymond64US #16
#21Howard62US #26
#22Clarence60US #25
#23Albert57US #18
#24Earl56US #32
#25Francis55US #30
#26Ralph55US #21
#27Roy55US #33
#28Fred52US #29
#29Carl50US #24
#30Lloyd49US #53
#31Paul48US #13
#32David43US #28
#33Joe39US #35
#34Norman39US #46
#35Leo38US #47
#36Leonard37US #41
#37Lawrence36US #36
#38Vernon34US #71
#39Clifford33US #59
#40Edwin32US #55
#41Ernest32US #37
#42Herbert32US #40
#43Elmer29US #45
#44Louis29US #23
#45Arnold28US #91
#46Alfred27US #43
#47Ray27US #74
#48Eugene26US #39
#49Floyd25US #62
#50Gerald25US #69
#51Peter25US #50
#52Martin24US #77
#53Russell24US #52
#54Daniel23US #54
#55Lester23US #61
#56Wayne23US #96
#57Glenn22US #86
#58Leslie22US #107
#59Lewis22US #70
#60Alvin21US #81
#61Andrew21US #48
#62Melvin21US #57
#63Glen20US #122
#64Victor20US #78
#65Everett18US #94
#66Gordon18US #84
#67Harvey18US #90
#68Stanley17US #34
#69Wilbur17US #92
#70Chester16US #56
#71Emil16US #137
#72Samuel16US #42
#73Frederick15US #51
#74Hugh15US #110
#75Lyle15US #153
#76Vincent15US #65
#77Bernard14US #49
#78Cecil14US #83
#79Herman14US #58
#80Leroy14US #60
#81Theodore14US #63
#82Tom14US #139
#83Wallace14US #123
#84Willard14US #80
#85Alexander13US #97
#86Delbert13US #162
#87Douglas13US #138
#88Jacob13US #130
#89Lee13US #85
#90Max13US #104
#91Archie12US #142
#92Bert12
#93Claude12US #98
#94Clyde12US #64
#95Homer12US #102
#96Marvin12US #68
#97Merle12US #178
#98Bill11US #147
#99Dale11US #120
#100Gene11

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑48Vera#45
↑34Martin#52
↑32Harvey#67
↑29Leo#35
↑28Joe#33
↑27Sylvia#73
↑25Laura#60
↑24Olive#63

Falling

↓46Marvin#96
↓35Pearl#91
↓31Chester#70
↓30Stanley#68
↓29Clara#43
↓26Myrtle#62
↓25Eva#72
↓22Bernard#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.