State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,017 Montana births in 1918 across 423 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#81Bert#186 nationally
#95Dean#189 nationally
#91Lydia#180 nationally
#66Don#153 nationally
#59Lyle#145 nationally
#87Joyce#170 nationally
#94Clinton#166 nationally
#74Patricia#133 nationally
#92Bruce#146 nationally
#91Bill#143 nationally
#74Glen#125 nationally
#83Orville#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary342US #1
#2Helen278US #2
#3Dorothy241US #3
#4Margaret231US #4
#5Ruth190US #5
#6Evelyn110US #11
#7Frances110US #8
#8Alice107US #13
#9Mildred105US #6
#10Florence90US #14
#11Marjorie89US #34
#12Virginia86US #7
#13Betty83US #21
#14Marie83US #12
#15Jean77US #37
#16Gladys76US #22
#17Irene75US #16
#18Doris71US #19
#19Hazel71US #33
#20Elizabeth69US #9
#21Edna68US #23
#22Elsie68US #49
#23Anna66US #10
#24Lillian64US #15
#25Rose64US #17
#26Lois60US #42
#27Lucille58US #29
#28Edith57US #30
#29Esther56US #38
#30Martha55US #25
#31Eleanor52US #26
#32Ruby50US #27
#33Catherine47US #20
#34Grace47US #31
#35Barbara46US #60
#36Katherine45US #50
#37Louise45US #18
#38June44US #66
#39Agnes43US #47
#40Ethel43US #28
#41Lorraine42US #69
#42Bernice41US #41
#43Clara40US #43
#44Marian39US #76
#45Ellen38US #92
#46Pearl38US #56
#47Ann37US #44
#48Kathryn37US #63
#49Pauline37US #35
#50Myrtle36US #62
#51Phyllis36US #80
#52Thelma36US #32
#53Bertha35US #51
#54Gertrude35US #39
#55Vivian35US #72
#56Mabel34US #74
#57Genevieve33US #81
#58Emma32US #46
#59Laura32US #64
#60Vera32US #68
#61Violet32US #83
#62Beatrice31US #40
#63Josephine31US #24
#64Anne30US #54
#65Eva30US #55
#66Marion30US #45
#67Wilma30US #82
#68Marguerite28US #86
#69Norma28US #98
#70Jane27US #53
#71Shirley27US #97
#72Nellie26US #65
#73Charlotte25US #78
#74Patricia25US #133
#75Geraldine24US #77
#76Jessie24US #75
#77Eileen23US #110
#78Ida23US #57
#79Maxine23US #87
#80Bessie22US #61
#81Dolores22US #127
#82Jeanne22US #126
#83Stella22US #67
#84Ella21US #84
#85Viola21US #59
#86Georgia20US #107
#87Joyce20US #170
#88Juanita20US #85
#89Kathleen20US #99
#90Leona20US #79
#91Lydia20US #180
#92Verna20US #125
#93Julia18US #48
#94Opal18US #94
#95Audrey17US #118
#96Harriet17US #106
#97Inez17US #115
#98Olive17US #143
#99Roberta17US #142
#100Janet16US #129

Boys

#1John393US #1
#2Robert296US #4
#3William281US #2
#4James213US #3
#5George196US #6
#6Charles167US #5
#7Harold113US #13
#8Joseph109US #7
#9Donald106US #18
#10Frank98US #9
#11Richard96US #12
#12Thomas91US #10
#13Arthur90US #17
#14Edward90US #8
#15Jack86US #21
#16Raymond86US #15
#17Walter83US #11
#18Kenneth82US #27
#19Harry71US #20
#20Henry60US #16
#21Albert59US #19
#22Ralph59US #22
#23Howard57US #26
#24Clarence56US #23
#25Paul54US #14
#26Lawrence50US #38
#27Roy50US #32
#28Carl45US #25
#29Earl45US #31
#30Ernest45US #37
#31Ray45US #69
#32Leonard44US #41
#33Francis43US #30
#34Fred43US #33
#35Lloyd43US #51
#36David40US #28
#37Eugene38US #35
#38Louis37US #24
#39Elmer34US #44
#40Floyd33US #61
#41Victor33US #63
#42Stanley32US #36
#43Glenn31US #84
#44Clifford30US #60
#45Edwin30US #55
#46Joe30US #34
#47Lester30US #62
#48Herbert29US #40
#49Arnold28US #92
#50Bernard28US #47
#51Daniel28US #52
#52Gordon27US #85
#53Leroy27US #57
#54Russell27US #50
#55Alvin24US #80
#56Andrew24US #46
#57Melvin24US #56
#58Norman24US #49
#59Lyle22US #145
#60Leo21US #48
#61Peter21US #53
#62Philip21US #71
#63Everett20US #93
#64Gilbert20US #105
#65Martin20US #81
#66Don19US #153
#67Douglas19US #115
#68Theodore19US #64
#69Wayne19US #91
#70Alfred18US #42
#71Dale18US #111
#72Vernon18US #66
#73Gerald17US #72
#74Glen17US #125
#75Chester16US #54
#76Marvin16US #68
#77Maurice16US #103
#78Milton16US #76
#79Samuel16US #43
#80Benjamin15US #79
#81Bert15US #186
#82Clyde15US #67
#83Orville15US #134
#84Willard15US #83
#85Woodrow15US #58
#86Allen14US #98
#87Frederick14US #59
#88Warren14US #90
#89Wesley14US #137
#90Archie13US #138
#91Bill13US #143
#92Bruce13US #146
#93Claude13US #95
#94Clinton13US #166
#95Dean13US #189
#96Herman13US #65
#97Hugh13US #112
#98Mike13US #127
#99Oscar13US #87
#100Jerome12US #136

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑51Lorraine#41
↑45Pearl#46
↑28Wilma#67
↑28Dale#71
↑27Bernard#50
↑27Leroy#53
↑26Stanley#42
↑23Victor#41

Falling

↓35Olive#98
↓34Vernon#72
↓27Viola#85
↓25Leo#60
↓24Norman#58
↓24Alfred#70
↓23Gerald#73
↓23Hugh#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.