State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,264 Montana births in 1919 across 378 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#63Joyce#173 nationally
#73Dean#181 nationally
#94Donnaoutside the national top 200
#96Montanaoutside the national top 200
#100Boboutside the national top 200
#93Lydia#186 nationally
#71Bruce#151 nationally
#87Patrick#166 nationally
#97Ronald#171 nationally
#85Lyle#153 nationally
#84Don#145 nationally
#70Bill#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary287US #1
#2Helen237US #2
#3Dorothy216US #3
#4Margaret182US #4
#5Ruth145US #5
#6Alice103US #13
#7Frances96US #9
#8Betty88US #15
#9Mildred87US #6
#10Virginia86US #7
#11Elizabeth78US #8
#12Evelyn78US #11
#13Hazel71US #32
#14Jean67US #37
#15Gladys66US #21
#16Florence64US #14
#17Marjorie63US #33
#18Lucille62US #27
#19Marie62US #12
#20Esther61US #38
#21Irene59US #16
#22Lois59US #40
#23Doris54US #18
#24Edna52US #22
#25Grace52US #34
#26Anna49US #10
#27June49US #64
#28Rose49US #19
#29Edith48US #29
#30Martha47US #25
#31Agnes44US #50
#32Ethel44US #28
#33Elsie43US #47
#34Marian43US #82
#35Lillian42US #17
#36Eleanor40US #30
#37Lorraine40US #62
#38Josephine39US #26
#39Bertha38US #52
#40Catherine37US #23
#41Marion37US #44
#42Ruby37US #24
#43Louise35US #20
#44Phyllis35US #84
#45Gertrude34US #39
#46Violet34US #74
#47Clara32US #43
#48Ellen32US #92
#49Katherine32US #51
#50Pearl32US #56
#51Ann31US #49
#52Kathryn31US #66
#53Thelma30US #31
#54Vera30US #65
#55Geraldine29US #68
#56Mabel29US #78
#57Patricia29US #114
#58Vivian29US #72
#59Audrey28US #115
#60Jane28US #53
#61Leona27US #90
#62Viola26US #58
#63Joyce25US #173
#64Myrtle25US #67
#65Bernice24US #42
#66Charlotte24US #79
#67Maxine24US #85
#68Beatrice23US #41
#69Emma23US #45
#70Harriet23US #113
#71Ella22US #87
#72Ida22US #57
#73Marguerite22US #96
#74Georgia21US #106
#75Shirley21US #89
#76Anne20US #63
#77Barbara20US #60
#78Eileen20US #103
#79Blanche19US #97
#80Inez19US #117
#81Juanita19US #73
#82Kathleen19US #101
#83Eva18US #55
#84Jessie18US #75
#85Mae18US #99
#86Norma18US #83
#87Pauline18US #36
#88Alma17US #76
#89Genevieve17US #88
#90Julia17US #48
#91Sylvia17US #77
#92Laura16US #71
#93Lydia16US #186
#94Donna15
#95Emily15US #105
#96Montana15
#97Stella15US #70
#98Wilma15US #86
#99Ada14US #129
#100Dora14US #127

Boys

#1John327US #1
#2Robert245US #4
#3William231US #2
#4James205US #3
#5George186US #6
#6Charles165US #5
#7Donald135US #17
#8Harold93US #13
#9Richard88US #12
#10Thomas85US #10
#11Edward82US #8
#12Frank82US #9
#13Jack82US #21
#14Raymond82US #14
#15Joseph74US #7
#16Walter72US #11
#17Kenneth67US #26
#18Paul66US #15
#19Albert62US #18
#20Howard58US #24
#21Arthur57US #19
#22Henry57US #16
#23Earl48US #31
#24Ralph48US #22
#25Clarence47US #25
#26Leonard46US #39
#27David42US #27
#28Lloyd42US #58
#29Carl41US #29
#30Francis40US #34
#31Roy39US #32
#32Vernon38US #65
#33Harry36US #20
#34Lawrence36US #38
#35Eugene35US #33
#36Fred35US #30
#37Joe32US #35
#38Ernest30US #36
#39Herbert29US #40
#40Norman29US #48
#41Leo28US #49
#42Clifford27US #60
#43Clyde27US #67
#44Glenn26US #84
#45Gordon26US #86
#46Louis26US #28
#47Gerald25US #70
#48Alvin24US #76
#49Arnold23US #94
#50Harvey23US #85
#51Ray23US #69
#52Chester22US #53
#53Daniel22US #51
#54Oscar22US #88
#55Russell22US #50
#56Alfred21US #42
#57Leroy21US #55
#58Lewis20US #74
#59Peter20US #57
#60Victor20US #68
#61Elmer19US #44
#62Lester19US #62
#63Philip19US #71
#64Bernard18US #45
#65Floyd18US #59
#66Melvin18US #56
#67Warren18US #83
#68Andrew17US #47
#69Maurice17US #108
#70Bill16US #130
#71Bruce16US #151
#72Cecil16US #78
#73Dean16US #181
#74Douglas16US #121
#75Edwin16US #52
#76Glen16US #116
#77Marvin16US #63
#78Wayne16US #90
#79Allen15US #101
#80Frederick15US #64
#81Stanley15US #37
#82Theodore15US #54
#83Wallace15US #107
#84Don14US #145
#85Lyle14US #153
#86Orville14US #133
#87Patrick14US #166
#88Benjamin13US #79
#89Everett13US #93
#90Herman13US #61
#91Lee13US #82
#92Leslie13US #105
#93Oliver13US #128
#94Wilbur13US #98
#95Dale12US #112
#96Edgar12US #89
#97Ronald12US #171
#98Martin11US #81
#99Tom11US #140
#100Bob10

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑45Oscar#54
↑40Vernon#32
↑39Clyde#43
↑36Audrey#59
↑29Leona#61
↑26Harriet#70
↑26Gerald#47
↑25Josephine#38

Falling

↓42Barbara#77
↓39Stanley#81
↓38Pauline#87
↓33Laura#92
↓33Martin#98
↓32Genevieve#89
↓31Wilma#98
↓30Edwin#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.