State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,570 Montana births in 1926 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.

#75Lila#190 nationally
#86Burtonoutside the national top 200
#96Fernoutside the national top 200
#97Neiloutside the national top 200
#49Lyle#152 nationally
#87Merle#180 nationally
#58Keith#148 nationally
#86Caroline#174 nationally
#54Patrick#141 nationally
#47Harriet#133 nationally
#74Duane#160 nationally
#93Clinton#171 nationally

Girls

#1Mary217US #1
#2Betty191US #3
#3Dorothy147US #2
#4Helen133US #4
#5Margaret122US #5
#6Ruth98US #6
#7Shirley72US #14
#8Patricia65US #23
#9Jean64US #12
#10Doris61US #7
#11Lois61US #19
#12Alice59US #17
#13Marjorie58US #22
#14Virginia54US #8
#15Frances51US #10
#16Evelyn49US #13
#17Barbara46US #16
#18Joyce42US #44
#19Irene41US #21
#20Phyllis41US #33
#21Anna39US #15
#22Mildred36US #9
#23Donna34US #90
#24Edna33US #38
#25Lillian33US #28
#26Lucille33US #43
#27Marian33US #70
#28Grace32US #46
#29June31US #40
#30Elizabeth30US #11
#31Ethel30US #41
#32Hazel30US #48
#33Norma30US #29
#34Rose30US #25
#35Esther29US #62
#36Gladys28US #35
#37Gloria28US #20
#38Marie27US #18
#39Florence26US #26
#40Clara25US #61
#41Eleanor25US #32
#42Lorraine25US #53
#43Eva24US #79
#44Martha24US #24
#45Agnes23US #77
#46Dolores22US #49
#47Harriet22US #133
#48Joan22US #51
#49Josephine22US #37
#50Louise22US #27
#51Beverly21US #74
#52Katherine21US #72
#53Violet21US #94
#54Audrey20US #60
#55Kathryn20US #87
#56Maxine20US #85
#57Ruby20US #30
#58Viola20US #97
#59Vivian20US #80
#60Bernice19US #45
#61Catherine19US #31
#62Edith19US #42
#63Kathleen19US #83
#64Ann18US #55
#65Jane18US #56
#66Thelma18US #36
#67Elaine17US #68
#68Leona17US #112
#69Vera17US #84
#70Elsie16US #69
#71Marion16US #47
#72Pauline16US #39
#73Gertrude15US #71
#74Laura15US #81
#75Lila15US #190
#76Eileen14US #92
#77Geraldine14US #54
#78Jacqueline14US #119
#79Jeanne14US #88
#80Sylvia14US #107
#81Bonnie13US #105
#82Nellie13US #102
#83Pearl13US #96
#84Peggy13US #104
#85Wilma13US #67
#86Caroline12US #174
#87Ellen12US #100
#88Georgia12US #116
#89Juanita12US #52
#90Marguerite12US #137
#91Nancy12US #57
#92Roberta12US #135
#93Velma12US #124
#94Bertha11US #76
#95Carol11US #113
#96Fern11
#97Inez11US #149
#98Myrtle11US #101
#99Rita11US #50
#100Blanche10US #147

Boys

#1Robert308US #1
#2John227US #2
#3James204US #3
#4William197US #4
#5Donald127US #9
#6Charles115US #5
#7Richard108US #7
#8George107US #6
#9Harold81US #14
#10Jack70US #16
#11Raymond59US #15
#12Thomas59US #11
#13Kenneth56US #18
#14Edward55US #10
#15Frank51US #12
#16Joseph47US #8
#17Paul39US #13
#18Roy39US #34
#19Albert38US #21
#20Harry38US #25
#21Howard38US #27
#22Eugene37US #23
#23Fred37US #31
#24David36US #22
#25Henry36US #19
#26Lawrence33US #36
#27Ralph33US #24
#28Carl32US #26
#29Leonard32US #38
#30Clarence31US #29
#31Earl31US #32
#32Arthur30US #20
#33Ray29US #57
#34Gerald27US #41
#35Melvin27US #47
#36Walter27US #17
#37Joe26US #33
#38Bob24US #102
#39Vernon24US #66
#40Herbert23US #44
#41Lloyd22US #60
#42Bill21US #74
#43Daniel21US #46
#44Elmer21US #61
#45Gordon21US #76
#46Francis20US #35
#47Leroy20US #51
#48Dale19US #84
#49Lyle19US #152
#50Clifford18US #62
#51Ernest18US #37
#52Floyd18US #53
#53Louis18US #30
#54Patrick18US #141
#55Stanley18US #43
#56Bernard17US #49
#57Edwin17US #55
#58Keith17US #148
#59Norman17US #39
#60Russell17US #52
#61Theodore17US #63
#62Gene16US #91
#63Leo16US #54
#64Wayne16US #68
#65Glen15US #121
#66Harvey15US #90
#67Wallace15US #95
#68Alfred14US #45
#69Lester14US #78
#70Marvin14US #50
#71Wilbur14US #122
#72Arnold13US #99
#73Douglas13US #103
#74Duane13US #160
#75Herman13US #69
#76Ronald13US #88
#77Dean12US #139
#78Glenn12US #75
#79Leslie12US #126
#80Victor12US #94
#81Chester11US #79
#82Peter11US #58
#83Samuel11US #48
#84Wesley11US #132
#85Andrew10US #59
#86Burton10
#87Merle10US #180
#88Michael10US #56
#89Orville10US #164
#90Philip10US #70
#91Tom10US #138
#92Archie9US #162
#93Clinton9US #171
#94Clyde9US #67
#95Edgar9US #109
#96Martin9US #80
#97Neil9
#98Virgil9US #118
#99Allen8US #93
#100Alvin8US #72

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑48Dolores#46
↑37Beverly#51
↑36Keith#58
↑35Grace#28
↑34Bob#38
↑31Vera#69
↑28Joan#48
↑27Herbert#40

Falling

↓52Myrtle#98
↓37Edith#62
↓34Leo#63
↓34Peter#82
↓34Alvin#100
↓29Allen#99
↓27Ellen#87
↓27Norman#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.