State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,593 Montana births in 1921 across 364 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#78Donna#189 nationally
#92Byronoutside the national top 200
#93Luellaoutside the national top 200
#78Gene#170 nationally
#94Forrest#180 nationally
#84Carol#166 nationally
#93Dean#168 nationally
#79Lyle#150 nationally
#69Joyce#137 nationally
#71Don#136 nationally
#72Orville#137 nationally
#82Bruce#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary326US #1
#2Dorothy206US #2
#3Helen187US #3
#4Margaret153US #4
#5Betty128US #8
#6Ruth122US #5
#7Virginia91US #6
#8Doris85US #13
#9Alice84US #15
#10Marjorie77US #16
#11Evelyn75US #12
#12Elizabeth74US #10
#13Jean71US #25
#14Mildred68US #7
#15Florence67US #17
#16Marie65US #14
#17Frances62US #9
#18Gladys55US #24
#19Hazel51US #34
#20Anna50US #11
#21Edna50US #27
#22Grace50US #35
#23Esther48US #42
#24Rose48US #20
#25Lois46US #38
#26Irene44US #18
#27Barbara43US #40
#28Clara43US #45
#29June43US #50
#30Marian42US #69
#31Ethel41US #32
#32Elsie39US #55
#33Lillian39US #19
#34Lucille38US #31
#35Phyllis38US #60
#36Martha37US #21
#37Thelma37US #30
#38Agnes35US #56
#39Edith35US #33
#40Lorraine35US #61
#41Audrey34US #82
#42Katherine34US #49
#43Louise34US #22
#44Patricia34US #84
#45Bernice33US #39
#46Catherine33US #23
#47Ruby32US #26
#48Maxine30US #77
#49Eva29US #63
#50Kathryn29US #64
#51Eleanor28US #29
#52Kathleen27US #83
#53Marion27US #43
#54Myrtle27US #73
#55Viola27US #66
#56Bertha26US #59
#57Ellen26US #95
#58Norma26US #51
#59Shirley26US #44
#60Geraldine24US #62
#61Vivian24US #68
#62Wilma24US #72
#63Ann23US #53
#64Eileen23US #100
#65Josephine23US #28
#66Julia23US #58
#67Leona22US #92
#68Pauline22US #37
#69Joyce21US #137
#70Pearl21US #65
#71Laura20US #71
#72Violet20US #81
#73Ella19US #89
#74Gertrude19US #46
#75Mabel19US #85
#76Nellie19US #80
#77Vera19US #76
#78Donna18US #189
#79Juanita18US #57
#80Rita18US #48
#81Rosemary18US #128
#82Charlotte17US #79
#83Dolores17US #111
#84Carol16US #166
#85Elaine16US #97
#86Eunice16US #120
#87Jane16US #47
#88Blanche15US #112
#89Emma15US #52
#90Verna15US #141
#91Anne14US #70
#92Ida14US #67
#93Luella14
#94Marguerite14US #98
#95Genevieve13US #90
#96Harriet13US #114
#97Roberta13US #148
#98Alma12US #78
#99Carolyn12US #146
#100Cora12US #140

Boys

#1Robert305US #2
#2John286US #1
#3William249US #3
#4James227US #4
#5George147US #6
#6Donald143US #13
#7Charles126US #5
#8Richard104US #10
#9Jack103US #18
#10Edward92US #8
#11Frank81US #9
#12Raymond81US #16
#13Joseph75US #7
#14Thomas73US #11
#15Kenneth72US #22
#16Arthur70US #19
#17Harold70US #12
#18Warren62US #24
#19Walter57US #15
#20Eugene55US #26
#21Paul53US #14
#22Ralph48US #23
#23Albert45US #20
#24Henry43US #17
#25Roy43US #32
#26Fred41US #33
#27Lawrence41US #37
#28Francis39US #35
#29Harry38US #21
#30Clarence34US #28
#31Russell34US #52
#32Howard33US #27
#33Earl31US #31
#34Leo30US #50
#35David27US #25
#36Ernest27US #38
#37Louis27US #29
#38Melvin27US #53
#39Ray27US #67
#40Stanley27US #41
#41Edwin26US #54
#42Glenn26US #80
#43Gordon26US #84
#44Joe26US #36
#45Carl25US #30
#46Lloyd25US #58
#47Clifford24US #62
#48Daniel24US #49
#49Norman24US #46
#50Elmer23US #48
#51Herbert22US #42
#52Leonard22US #39
#53Lester22US #66
#54Theodore22US #65
#55Wayne22US #81
#56Floyd21US #63
#57Everett20US #95
#58Alfred19US #43
#59Bill18US #121
#60Chester18US #56
#61Gerald18US #60
#62Marvin18US #59
#63Willard18US #89
#64Philip17US #72
#65Vernon17US #68
#66Wilbur17US #100
#67Alvin16US #73
#68Martin16US #78
#69Victor16US #83
#70Dale15US #93
#71Don15US #136
#72Orville15US #137
#73Oscar15US #92
#74Roger15US #99
#75Wesley15US #127
#76Leroy14US #55
#77Andrew13US #51
#78Gene13US #170
#79Lyle13US #150
#80Wallace13US #88
#81Arnold12US #91
#82Bruce12US #146
#83Herman12US #64
#84Oliver12US #135
#85Allen11US #94
#86Benjamin11US #82
#87Gilbert11US #103
#88Lee11US #86
#89Patrick11US #152
#90Sidney11US #110
#91Bernard10US #45
#92Byron10
#93Dean10US #168
#94Forrest10US #180
#95Jesse10US #77
#96Lewis10US #71
#97Michael10US #47
#98Milton10US #75
#99Peter10US #57
#100Virgil10US #98

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑48Edwin#41
↑37Marian#30
↑35Audrey#41
↑34Russell#31
↑32Julia#66
↑31Glenn#42
↑29Kathleen#52
↑27Louis#37

Falling

↓58Peter#99
↓37Josephine#65
↓31Vera#77
↓29Bernard#91
↓25Genevieve#95
↓23Herman#83
↓22Vivian#61
↓22Jane#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.