State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,839 Montana births in 1920 across 365 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#77Bette#196 nationally
#94Emmettoutside the national top 200
#48Joyce#153 nationally
#69Fern#170 nationally
#85Keith#175 nationally
#75Don#148 nationally
#81Lyle#151 nationally
#99Emil#167 nationally
#83Bruce#149 nationally
#89Bonnie#154 nationally
#99Nora#157 nationally
#66Bill#121 nationally

Girls

#1Mary311US #1
#2Helen245US #3
#3Dorothy192US #2
#4Margaret166US #4
#5Ruth147US #5
#6Alice99US #15
#7Betty99US #11
#8Frances84US #9
#9Virginia84US #7
#10Florence79US #16
#11Evelyn74US #12
#12Elizabeth72US #8
#13Mildred71US #6
#14Marjorie63US #24
#15Lois60US #38
#16Doris57US #14
#17Marie57US #13
#18Irene56US #17
#19Jean55US #33
#20Gladys54US #22
#21Lillian53US #18
#22Hazel51US #34
#23June48US #53
#24Esther47US #39
#25Katherine46US #45
#26Edith45US #32
#27Ethel45US #30
#28Josephine43US #28
#29Lucille43US #29
#30Edna42US #27
#31Catherine41US #21
#32Grace41US #37
#33Rose40US #20
#34Elsie39US #51
#35Clara38US #44
#36Maxine38US #81
#37Anna37US #10
#38Martha36US #23
#39Vivian36US #64
#40Lorraine35US #70
#41Ruby34US #26
#42Phyllis33US #72
#43Shirley33US #56
#44Louise32US #19
#45Thelma32US #31
#46Vera32US #75
#47Eleanor31US #25
#48Joyce31US #153
#49Myrtle30US #68
#50Barbara29US #47
#51Pauline29US #36
#52Pearl29US #62
#53Violet29US #77
#54Agnes28US #54
#55Eva28US #58
#56Geraldine28US #60
#57Marion27US #43
#58Norma27US #69
#59Ann26US #49
#60Kathryn26US #67
#61Patricia26US #104
#62Bertha25US #57
#63Charlotte25US #79
#64Ellen24US #92
#65Jane24US #48
#66Jeanne24US #114
#67Marian24US #73
#68Bernice23US #40
#69Fern22US #170
#70Genevieve22US #86
#71Gertrude21US #42
#72Leona21US #89
#73Viola21US #59
#74Mabel20US #83
#75Nellie20US #76
#76Audrey19US #103
#77Bette18US #196
#78Blanche17US #102
#79Eileen17US #100
#80Emma17US #46
#81Kathleen17US #91
#82Ella16US #88
#83Juanita16US #61
#84Wilma16US #78
#85Alma15US #80
#86Beulah15US #109
#87Laura15US #63
#88Sylvia15US #85
#89Bonnie14US #154
#90Cora14US #137
#91Elaine14US #107
#92Eunice14US #115
#93Ida14US #66
#94Inez14US #122
#95Marguerite14US #93
#96Olive14US #151
#97Rita14US #52
#98Julia13US #55
#99Nora13US #157
#100Mae12US #99

Boys

#1Robert322US #3
#2John308US #1
#3William290US #2
#4James211US #4
#5Charles149US #5
#6George142US #6
#7Donald130US #16
#8Harold96US #12
#9Edward86US #8
#10Frank80US #9
#11Jack80US #20
#12Joseph80US #7
#13Richard80US #10
#14Kenneth69US #23
#15Raymond69US #15
#16Arthur64US #18
#17Albert61US #19
#18Harry61US #21
#19Henry60US #17
#20Clarence59US #26
#21Paul58US #14
#22Walter58US #13
#23Howard57US #24
#24Thomas56US #11
#25Roy53US #32
#26Francis44US #34
#27Ralph44US #22
#28David42US #25
#29Fred41US #33
#30Earl40US #31
#31Carl39US #27
#32Ernest38US #37
#33Leonard38US #38
#34Eugene37US #30
#35Warren35US #39
#36Elmer32US #45
#37Norman32US #47
#38Clifford31US #59
#39Gordon30US #85
#40Leo29US #48
#41Peter28US #57
#42Lloyd27US #58
#43Joe26US #35
#44Melvin26US #54
#45Lawrence25US #36
#46Theodore25US #63
#47Vernon25US #65
#48Alfred24US #42
#49Floyd24US #61
#50Maurice24US #102
#51Ray24US #67
#52Wayne23US #86
#53Stanley22US #40
#54Herbert21US #41
#55Lester21US #69
#56Philip21US #71
#57Gerald20US #64
#58Leslie20US #110
#59Everett19US #95
#60Herman19US #66
#61Marvin19US #62
#62Bernard18US #46
#63Frederick18US #60
#64Louis18US #28
#65Russell18US #51
#66Bill17US #121
#67Dale17US #105
#68Daniel17US #52
#69Alvin16US #76
#70Andrew16US #49
#71Cecil16US #77
#72Clyde16US #68
#73Glenn16US #80
#74Martin16US #78
#75Don15US #148
#76Glen15US #122
#77Roger15US #103
#78Wallace15US #93
#79Wesley15US #129
#80Arnold14US #91
#81Lyle14US #151
#82Victor14US #81
#83Bruce13US #149
#84Edgar13US #89
#85Keith13US #175
#86Wilbur13US #98
#87Chester12US #55
#88Douglas12US #106
#89Edwin12US #53
#90Gilbert12US #97
#91Lee12US #82
#92Orville12US #134
#93Ben11US #137
#94Emmett11
#95Leroy11US #56
#96Michael11US #50
#97Samuel11US #44
#98Virgil11US #101
#99Emil10US #167
#100Homer10US #100

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑36Pauline#51
↑36Theodore#46
↑34Leslie#58
↑32Shirley#43
↑32Warren#35
↑31Maxine#36
↑30Everett#59
↑30Herman#60

Falling

↓38Leroy#95
↓35Chester#87
↓33Marian#67
↓31Arnold#80
↓29Clyde#72
↓29Glenn#73
↓26Gertrude#71
↓23Agnes#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.