State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,410 Montana births in 1923 across 339 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#88Markoutside the national top 200
#89Ottooutside the national top 200
#85Fern#187 nationally
#99Neiloutside the national top 200
#56Lyle#154 nationally
#93Duane#190 nationally
#61Peggy#155 nationally
#55Bette#148 nationally
#83Jim#167 nationally
#96Jay#172 nationally
#73Patrick#147 nationally
#91Clayton#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary256US #1
#2Helen175US #3
#3Betty167US #5
#4Dorothy155US #2
#5Margaret130US #4
#6Ruth96US #6
#7Marjorie77US #16
#8Virginia76US #7
#9Alice71US #15
#10Frances71US #10
#11Doris68US #11
#12Jean63US #19
#13Lois63US #27
#14Evelyn56US #12
#15Elizabeth55US #9
#16Marie52US #14
#17Anna49US #13
#18Patricia45US #56
#19Edna40US #32
#20Florence40US #18
#21Irene39US #17
#22Mildred39US #8
#23Clara38US #49
#24Esther37US #47
#25Phyllis37US #45
#26Barbara36US #33
#27Bernice36US #43
#28Edith36US #36
#29Shirley36US #26
#30Lorraine35US #57
#31Lucille35US #35
#32Thelma35US #31
#33Eleanor34US #28
#34Gladys33US #29
#35Marion33US #44
#36Norma33US #41
#37Lillian32US #20
#38Grace30US #39
#39Louise30US #22
#40Catherine29US #24
#41Ethel27US #38
#42Hazel27US #40
#43June27US #42
#44Marian27US #65
#45Martha27US #21
#46Maxine27US #76
#47Rose27US #23
#48Ruby27US #25
#49Elsie25US #61
#50Agnes24US #63
#51Kathleen24US #70
#52Violet24US #86
#53Audrey23US #85
#54Josephine23US #30
#55Bette22US #148
#56Geraldine22US #58
#57Joyce22US #104
#58Emma21US #53
#59Gloria21US #48
#60Ellen20US #103
#61Peggy19US #155
#62Vivian19US #69
#63Dolores18US #83
#64Harriet18US #122
#65Jeanne18US #90
#66Katherine18US #60
#67Leona18US #100
#68Charlotte17US #77
#69Gertrude17US #59
#70Jane17US #55
#71Juanita17US #51
#72Kathryn17US #72
#73Pauline17US #37
#74Pearl17US #78
#75Alma16US #89
#76Ann16US #52
#77Anne16US #71
#78Beatrice16US #46
#79Elaine16US #87
#80Julia16US #62
#81Eileen15US #95
#82Eva15US #66
#83Vera15US #82
#84Verna15US #146
#85Fern14US #187
#86Joan14US #117
#87Laura14US #73
#88Rosemary14US #110
#89Sarah14US #54
#90Bertha13US #64
#91Bonnie13US #126
#92Eunice13US #125
#93Mabel13US #102
#94Viola13US #79
#95Wanda13US #80
#96Wilma13US #74
#97Carol12US #139
#98Ella12US #93
#99Marguerite12US #115
#100Myrtle12US #84

Boys

#1Robert335US #2
#2John242US #1
#3William219US #3
#4James189US #4
#5Charles150US #5
#6Donald130US #10
#7George130US #6
#8Jack94US #17
#9Richard90US #9
#10Joseph81US #7
#11Harold74US #13
#12Edward73US #8
#13Frank69US #11
#14Walter69US #16
#15Thomas67US #12
#16Kenneth65US #21
#17Raymond63US #15
#18Harry54US #22
#19Arthur52US #19
#20Paul50US #14
#21Ralph44US #23
#22Clarence42US #29
#23Henry42US #18
#24Roy42US #32
#25David39US #24
#26Eugene37US #25
#27Howard36US #26
#28Francis34US #34
#29Lawrence34US #36
#30Norman33US #44
#31Albert32US #20
#32Clifford32US #65
#33Gerald30US #54
#34Louis30US #27
#35Carl28US #28
#36Earl27US #31
#37Fred27US #33
#38Daniel26US #47
#39Theodore24US #62
#40Leonard23US #37
#41Warren23US #43
#42Alfred22US #42
#43Chester22US #63
#44Elmer22US #57
#45Joe22US #35
#46Lloyd22US #59
#47Stanley22US #41
#48Wallace22US #69
#49Herbert21US #40
#50Leo21US #49
#51Ray21US #61
#52Russell21US #52
#53Ernest20US #38
#54Bernard19US #46
#55Leslie19US #112
#56Lyle19US #154
#57Melvin19US #48
#58Wayne19US #75
#59Alvin18US #73
#60Bill18US #98
#61Dale18US #90
#62Gordon18US #76
#63Edwin17US #56
#64Lester17US #71
#65Glenn16US #84
#66Victor16US #88
#67Don15US #130
#68Floyd15US #64
#69Maurice15US #101
#70Bruce14US #135
#71Glen14US #121
#72Martin14US #80
#73Patrick14US #147
#74Philip14US #70
#75Willard14US #92
#76Harvey13US #91
#77Peter13US #58
#78Vernon13US #67
#79Benjamin12US #86
#80Claude12US #103
#81Roland12US #104
#82Calvin11US #82
#83Jim11US #167
#84Leroy11US #55
#85Michael11US #50
#86Samuel11US #45
#87Arnold10US #93
#88Mark10
#89Otto10
#90Allen9US #97
#91Clayton9US #158
#92Clyde9US #68
#93Duane9US #190
#94Everett9US #99
#95Gilbert9US #102
#96Jay9US #172
#97Marvin9US #51
#98Milton9US #81
#99Neil9
#100Orville9US #152

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑38Edna#19
↑38Emma#58
↑34Chester#43
↑30Clara#23
↑29Dale#61
↑28Marion#35
↑28Juanita#71
↑25Harriet#64

Falling

↓44Myrtle#100
↓42Ann#76
↓42Vernon#78
↓38Marvin#97
↓37Eileen#81
↓37Eva#82
↓35Viola#94
↓30Lester#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.