State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,857 Montana births in 1925 across 319 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#81Fernoutside the national top 200
#82Forrestoutside the national top 200
#98Tedoutside the national top 200
#93Dan#184 nationally
#95Lila#175 nationally
#37Donna#110 nationally
#87Bette#155 nationally
#77Patrick#143 nationally
#92Ben#153 nationally
#80Dean#140 nationally
#93Verna#153 nationally
#72Bob#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary213US #1
#2Betty208US #3
#3Helen156US #4
#4Dorothy154US #2
#5Margaret132US #5
#6Ruth109US #6
#7Alice70US #15
#8Patricia70US #28
#9Virginia56US #7
#10Lois55US #18
#11Doris54US #8
#12Jean54US #14
#13Marjorie53US #21
#14Shirley52US #17
#15Evelyn51US #12
#16Frances51US #11
#17June46US #39
#18Barbara44US #22
#19Irene42US #19
#20Elizabeth40US #10
#21Lillian39US #25
#22Mildred38US #9
#23Florence37US #24
#24Anna34US #13
#25Edith34US #42
#26Marie34US #16
#27Joyce31US #59
#28Norma31US #34
#29Phyllis30US #40
#30Esther29US #56
#31Gladys29US #33
#32Josephine29US #36
#33Lorraine29US #51
#34Lucille29US #41
#35Edna28US #37
#36Eleanor28US #31
#37Donna27US #110
#38Catherine26US #29
#39Martha26US #23
#40Rose26US #26
#41Charlotte25US #77
#42Clara25US #55
#43Hazel25US #45
#44Louise25US #27
#45Marian25US #67
#46Myrtle25US #95
#47Pauline25US #38
#48Thelma25US #35
#49Viola25US #84
#50Agnes24US #69
#51Ethel24US #43
#52Eileen23US #96
#53Violet23US #92
#54Ruby22US #30
#55Elsie21US #63
#56Kathleen21US #81
#57Laura21US #75
#58Maxine21US #79
#59Pearl21US #90
#60Ellen20US #101
#61Marion20US #47
#62Gloria19US #20
#63Grace19US #44
#64Mabel19US #118
#65Peggy19US #117
#66Ann18US #52
#67Gertrude18US #70
#68Bonnie17US #107
#69Eva17US #71
#70Katherine17US #61
#71Sylvia17US #106
#72Audrey16US #78
#73Bernice16US #46
#74Leona16US #108
#75Emma15US #57
#76Joan15US #66
#77Juanita15US #49
#78Kathryn15US #88
#79Vivian15US #76
#80Wilma15US #62
#81Fern14
#82Genevieve14US #113
#83Geraldine14US #54
#84Julia14US #65
#85Wanda14US #72
#86Anne13US #85
#87Bette13US #155
#88Beverly13US #105
#89Elaine13US #73
#90Janet13US #111
#91Jeanne13US #89
#92Loretta13US #122
#93Verna13US #153
#94Dolores12US #64
#95Lila12US #175
#96Marilyn12US #83
#97Eunice11US #130
#98Margie11US #99
#99Rosemary11US #103
#100Vera11US #86

Boys

#1Robert305US #1
#2John270US #2
#3William225US #3
#4James209US #4
#5George141US #6
#6Donald128US #10
#7Charles122US #5
#8Richard91US #8
#9Thomas76US #11
#10Edward72US #9
#11Frank69US #12
#12Joseph68US #7
#13Raymond67US #15
#14Jack66US #17
#15Harold62US #14
#16Arthur55US #20
#17Walter54US #16
#18Albert50US #21
#19Paul48US #13
#20Kenneth47US #19
#21Eugene45US #24
#22Harry44US #23
#23Howard40US #26
#24Lawrence35US #36
#25David34US #22
#26Lloyd34US #62
#27Fred31US #33
#28Francis29US #35
#29Leo29US #54
#30Ralph29US #25
#31Roy29US #32
#32Norman28US #41
#33Henry27US #18
#34Leonard26US #38
#35Carl25US #28
#36Melvin25US #50
#37Bill24US #84
#38Calvin24US #47
#39Clarence24US #30
#40Earl24US #31
#41Louis24US #29
#42Clifford23US #59
#43Elmer23US #61
#44Wayne23US #74
#45Bernard22US #48
#46Floyd22US #58
#47Edwin20US #57
#48Peter20US #60
#49Vernon20US #67
#50Alfred19US #43
#51Dale19US #86
#52Daniel19US #44
#53Ray19US #64
#54Gerald18US #45
#55Gordon18US #72
#56Marvin18US #51
#57Wallace18US #92
#58Ernest17US #37
#59Joe17US #34
#60Russell17US #53
#61Stanley17US #40
#62Chester16US #73
#63Glenn16US #77
#64Theodore16US #63
#65Arnold15US #95
#66Alvin14US #70
#67Herbert14US #42
#68Victor14US #89
#69Warren14US #66
#70Allen13US #94
#71Leroy13US #52
#72Bob12US #129
#73Bruce12US #130
#74Everett12US #108
#75Gilbert12US #105
#76Jerry12US #107
#77Patrick12US #143
#78Philip12US #75
#79Andrew11US #56
#80Dean11US #140
#81Don11US #106
#82Forrest11
#83Gene11US #112
#84Michael11US #55
#85Douglas10US #103
#86Glen10US #117
#87Harvey10US #88
#88Lee10US #82
#89Leslie10US #119
#90Lewis10US #79
#91Wilbur10US #110
#92Ben9US #153
#93Dan9US #184
#94Keith9US #146
#95Lester9US #81
#96Ronald9US #104
#97Rudolph9US #136
#98Ted9
#99Virgil9US #120
#100Benjamin8US #93

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑53Myrtle#46
↑51Charlotte#41
↑42Pauline#47
↑40Kathleen#56
↑38Josephine#32
↑34Wayne#44
↑33Edna#35
↑28Bob#72

Falling

↓37Jeanne#91
↓34Grace#63
↓34Lee#88
↓33Kathryn#78
↓30Katherine#70
↓29Don#81
↓27Dolores#94
↓25Allen#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.