State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,972 Montana births in 1922 across 349 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#76Bob#179 nationally
#62Dean#158 nationally
#61Lyle#146 nationally
#82Donna#166 nationally
#98Fern#182 nationally
#77Bette#160 nationally
#78Clayton#160 nationally
#91Jim#169 nationally
#68Bruce#142 nationally
#70Bonnie#137 nationally
#97Erma#164 nationally
#92Keith#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary281US #1
#2Dorothy178US #2
#3Helen169US #3
#4Margaret141US #4
#5Betty134US #6
#6Ruth118US #5
#7Alice88US #15
#8Marjorie81US #16
#9Virginia73US #7
#10Doris72US #11
#11Evelyn72US #13
#12Frances69US #10
#13Florence67US #18
#14Irene66US #17
#15Elizabeth64US #9
#16Lois64US #35
#17Marie61US #14
#18Mildred60US #8
#19Esther52US #44
#20Phyllis51US #53
#21Lucille50US #33
#22Jean49US #20
#23Eleanor48US #28
#24Anna47US #12
#25Hazel45US #37
#26Lillian45US #19
#27Elsie38US #59
#28Agnes37US #62
#29Catherine35US #24
#30Ethel35US #32
#31Marian35US #67
#32Edith34US #34
#33Grace34US #38
#34Ann33US #49
#35Barbara33US #40
#36Gladys33US #25
#37Violet33US #86
#38Patricia32US #69
#39Shirley32US #39
#40Louise31US #22
#41June30US #45
#42Maxine30US #82
#43Thelma30US #31
#44Eileen26US #96
#45Eva26US #64
#46Rose26US #23
#47Vivian26US #74
#48Bernice25US #41
#49Lorraine25US #56
#50Pauline25US #36
#51Ruby25US #26
#52Charlotte24US #76
#53Clara24US #47
#54Norma24US #46
#55Katherine23US #54
#56Myrtle23US #75
#57Edna22US #29
#58Gloria22US #61
#59Viola22US #72
#60Genevieve21US #98
#61Kathryn21US #73
#62Laura21US #68
#63Marion21US #42
#64Gertrude20US #48
#65Jeanne20US #97
#66Leona20US #101
#67Martha20US #21
#68Pearl20US #71
#69Vera20US #79
#70Bonnie19US #137
#71Jane19US #55
#72Josephine19US #27
#73Joyce19US #126
#74Kathleen19US #80
#75Sylvia19US #94
#76Audrey18US #89
#77Bette18US #160
#78Ellen18US #95
#79Geraldine18US #58
#80Ida18US #65
#81Wilma18US #77
#82Donna17US #166
#83Mabel17US #99
#84Mae17US #111
#85Opal17US #108
#86Bertha16US #63
#87Bessie16US #81
#88Marguerite16US #106
#89Harriet15US #117
#90Julia15US #60
#91Ella14US #90
#92Anne13US #66
#93Carol13US #158
#94Constance13US #149
#95Elaine13US #102
#96Emma13US #50
#97Erma13US #164
#98Fern13US #182
#99Juanita13US #57
#100Margie13US #100

Boys

#1Robert345US #2
#2John293US #1
#3William274US #3
#4James173US #4
#5George135US #6
#6Donald128US #12
#7Charles114US #5
#8Richard100US #9
#9Jack91US #18
#10Harold85US #13
#11Edward76US #8
#12Kenneth74US #21
#13Frank69US #10
#14Joseph66US #7
#15Arthur65US #19
#16Raymond65US #16
#17Thomas63US #11
#18Paul51US #14
#19Harry50US #22
#20Walter48US #15
#21Albert47US #20
#22Eugene46US #25
#23Fred45US #33
#24Earl43US #31
#25Henry43US #17
#26Howard43US #26
#27Ralph42US #23
#28Francis40US #34
#29Clarence37US #29
#30Norman36US #44
#31David34US #24
#32Lloyd34US #59
#33Roy34US #32
#34Lester31US #69
#35Lawrence28US #36
#36Vernon28US #68
#37Leo27US #51
#38Leonard27US #38
#39Elmer26US #54
#40Warren26US #45
#41Carl25US #30
#42Clifford25US #63
#43Wallace25US #87
#44Ernest24US #37
#45Daniel23US #47
#46Theodore23US #62
#47Bernard22US #46
#48Gerald22US #58
#49Louis22US #27
#50Alvin21US #73
#51Russell21US #49
#52Gordon20US #76
#53Joe20US #35
#54Leslie20US #114
#55Melvin20US #50
#56Alfred18US #42
#57Lewis18US #75
#58Ray18US #65
#59Marvin17US #56
#60Victor17US #86
#61Lyle16US #146
#62Dean15US #158
#63Glen15US #123
#64Glenn15US #79
#65Herbert15US #40
#66Stanley15US #41
#67Arnold14US #94
#68Bruce14US #142
#69Edwin14US #52
#70Franklin14US #126
#71Martin14US #80
#72Peter14US #57
#73Wayne14US #78
#74Wilbur14US #102
#75Anthony13US #39
#76Bob13US #179
#77Chester13US #64
#78Clayton13US #160
#79Everett13US #98
#80Floyd13US #61
#81Frederick13US #60
#82Maurice13US #103
#83Michael13US #48
#84Bill12US #104
#85Gilbert12US #100
#86Roger12US #96
#87Ronald12US #147
#88Tom12US #145
#89Andrew11US #53
#90Dale11US #89
#91Jim11US #169
#92Keith11US #157
#93Lee11US #83
#94Patrick11US #152
#95Philip11US #70
#96Virgil11US #99
#97Willard11US #91
#98Gene10US #144
#99Hubert10US #116
#100Leroy10US #55

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑44Bernard#47
↑39Lewis#57
↑37Wallace#43
↑35Violet#37
↑35Genevieve#60
↑31Dean#62
↑30Charlotte#52
↑29Ann#34

Falling

↓36Edna#57
↓35Audrey#76
↓34Willard#97
↓31Martha#67
↓31Philip#95
↓30Bertha#86
↓28Edwin#69
↓26Stanley#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.