State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,113 Montana births in 1924 across 332 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#62Fern#197 nationally
#50Lyle#159 nationally
#99Bertoutside the national top 200
#66Bette#151 nationally
#69Patrick#147 nationally
#86Jim#160 nationally
#52Don#125 nationally
#60Peggy#133 nationally
#61Donna#131 nationally
#67Bruce#133 nationally
#87Keith#150 nationally
#69Harriet#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary261US #1
#2Betty189US #4
#3Helen163US #3
#4Dorothy144US #2
#5Margaret127US #5
#6Ruth94US #6
#7Doris72US #9
#8Marjorie72US #17
#9Jean70US #16
#10Alice67US #15
#11Frances64US #10
#12Virginia59US #7
#13Lois58US #22
#14Patricia56US #35
#15Evelyn53US #12
#16Irene47US #18
#17Lillian45US #23
#18Shirley44US #19
#19Marie43US #14
#20Elizabeth41US #11
#21Gladys41US #30
#22Florence40US #20
#23Martha38US #21
#24Esther37US #51
#25Phyllis36US #44
#26Joyce35US #83
#27Lucille35US #37
#28Mildred35US #8
#29Grace34US #43
#30Lorraine34US #52
#31Barbara33US #28
#32June33US #45
#33Rose32US #25
#34Anna31US #13
#35Clara30US #56
#36Catherine29US #27
#37Hazel29US #42
#38Thelma29US #33
#39Violet29US #88
#40Katherine28US #59
#41Viola28US #82
#42Agnes27US #63
#43Edith27US #36
#44Ethel27US #39
#45Kathryn27US #81
#46Marian27US #64
#47Norma25US #40
#48Eleanor24US #29
#49Louise24US #24
#50Maxine24US #77
#51Ruby24US #26
#52Elsie22US #61
#53Gloria22US #41
#54Jeanne22US #90
#55Vivian22US #71
#56Emma21US #57
#57Eileen20US #93
#58Ellen20US #99
#59Laura20US #72
#60Peggy20US #133
#61Donna18US #131
#62Fern18US #197
#63Nellie18US #92
#64Theresa18US #96
#65Bertha17US #65
#66Bette17US #151
#67Dolores17US #75
#68Edna17US #31
#69Harriet17US #128
#70Josephine17US #34
#71Wilma17US #67
#72Ann16US #55
#73Bernice16US #47
#74Julia16US #62
#75Marion16US #46
#76Pearl16US #78
#77Ella15US #94
#78Jane15US #53
#79Mabel15US #108
#80Rita15US #49
#81Vera15US #85
#82Wanda15US #74
#83Alma14US #87
#84Audrey14US #84
#85Beverly14US #121
#86Carol14US #132
#87Ida14US #70
#88Mae14US #114
#89Pauline14US #38
#90Rosemary14US #106
#91Velma14US #123
#92Charlotte13US #80
#93Eva13US #66
#94Gertrude13US #60
#95Juanita13US #48
#96Kathleen13US #76
#97Marguerite13US #125
#98Marilyn13US #101
#99Myrtle13US #89
#100Anne12US #79

Boys

#1Robert273US #1
#2John257US #2
#3William216US #3
#4James208US #4
#5Donald140US #10
#6George113US #6
#7Charles98US #5
#8Jack91US #17
#9Richard90US #8
#10Harold80US #13
#11Frank73US #12
#12Kenneth68US #19
#13Thomas68US #11
#14Raymond65US #15
#15Edward63US #9
#16Walter51US #16
#17Joseph49US #7
#18Arthur47US #20
#19Harry47US #22
#20Albert45US #21
#21David45US #24
#22Paul42US #14
#23Henry39US #18
#24Carl37US #27
#25Fred37US #32
#26Howard34US #26
#27Ralph34US #23
#28Eugene32US #25
#29Calvin31US #44
#30Clarence30US #29
#31Dale30US #84
#32Earl30US #33
#33Leo28US #51
#34Roy28US #31
#35Gerald27US #49
#36Gordon27US #75
#37Lloyd27US #61
#38Melvin27US #48
#39Clifford26US #64
#40Joe26US #35
#41Norman24US #42
#42Bill23US #92
#43Daniel23US #47
#44Ernest22US #37
#45Allen20US #94
#46Arnold20US #95
#47Francis20US #34
#48Stanley20US #40
#49Lawrence19US #36
#50Lyle19US #159
#51Russell19US #52
#52Don18US #125
#53Elmer18US #57
#54Lee18US #83
#55Leonard18US #38
#56Louis18US #28
#57Ray18US #60
#58Theodore18US #65
#59Alvin17US #73
#60Edwin17US #55
#61Marvin17US #50
#62Wallace17US #87
#63Floyd16US #66
#64Glen16US #118
#65Leroy16US #53
#66Alfred15US #43
#67Bruce15US #133
#68Douglas15US #105
#69Patrick15US #147
#70Vernon15US #68
#71Warren15US #58
#72Bernard14US #46
#73Glenn14US #79
#74Herbert14US #41
#75Peter14US #59
#76Clyde13US #69
#77Martin13US #82
#78Wayne13US #74
#79Harvey12US #88
#80Roger12US #93
#81Benjamin11US #89
#82Gene11US #135
#83Gilbert11US #100
#84Herman11US #70
#85Hugh11US #116
#86Jim11US #160
#87Keith11US #150
#88Lester11US #72
#89Samuel11US #45
#90Victor11US #90
#91Dean10US #144
#92Frederick10US #62
#93Leslie10US #107
#94Max10US #126
#95Philip10US #71
#96Ronald10US #130
#97Wilbur10US #106
#98Andrew9US #56
#99Bert9
#100Bob9US #142

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑53Viola#41
↑53Calvin#29
↑45Allen#45
↑41Arnold#46
↑36Marvin#61
↑31Joyce#26
↑30Dale#31
↑28Laura#59

Falling

↓49Edna#68
↓46Bernice#73
↓45Kathleen#96
↓40Marion#75
↓38Leslie#93
↓31Audrey#84
↓30Warren#71
↓25Gertrude#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.