State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,541 Montana births in 1927 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.

#64Lila#193 nationally
#89Fernoutside the national top 200
#98Budoutside the national top 200
#96Ted#190 nationally
#89Orville#172 nationally
#95Larry#176 nationally
#75Lyle#151 nationally
#55Leslie#126 nationally
#46Glen#115 nationally
#72Keith#141 nationally
#66Wesley#134 nationally
#73Jim#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary200US #1
#2Betty180US #3
#3Dorothy139US #2
#4Helen115US #4
#5Margaret83US #5
#6Ruth83US #6
#7Shirley77US #9
#8Doris71US #7
#9Alice67US #17
#10Lois67US #19
#11Jean61US #14
#12Barbara52US #10
#13Evelyn52US #15
#14Marjorie49US #25
#15Virginia49US #8
#16Patricia42US #18
#17Phyllis41US #29
#18Beverly40US #57
#19Irene40US #21
#20Mildred40US #11
#21Florence39US #28
#22Marie39US #20
#23Joyce38US #35
#24Donna36US #70
#25Norma36US #26
#26Gladys33US #37
#27Esther32US #65
#28Frances32US #12
#29Anna30US #16
#30Eleanor30US #33
#31Marian29US #74
#32Lillian28US #32
#33Elizabeth27US #13
#34Lucille27US #45
#35Rose27US #23
#36Hazel25US #53
#37June25US #43
#38Agnes24US #81
#39Joan24US #41
#40Bernice23US #49
#41Ellen23US #93
#42Grace23US #50
#43Marion23US #51
#44Ruby23US #30
#45Audrey22US #62
#46Eileen22US #91
#47Lorraine22US #44
#48Louise22US #27
#49Elsie21US #72
#50Bonnie20US #100
#51Carol20US #106
#52Catherine20US #31
#53Clara20US #63
#54Ethel20US #47
#55Ann19US #59
#56Edith19US #48
#57Gertrude19US #78
#58Laura19US #82
#59Leona19US #121
#60Marilyn19US #46
#61Thelma19US #38
#62Vera19US #89
#63Dolores18US #34
#64Lila18US #193
#65Peggy18US #96
#66Charlotte17US #75
#67Emma17US #64
#68Pauline17US #42
#69Delores16US #128
#70Edna16US #40
#71Geraldine16US #58
#72Ida16US #84
#73Jeanne16US #85
#74Maxine16US #87
#75Viola16US #101
#76Arlene15US #108
#77Gloria15US #22
#78Jane15US #60
#79Violet15US #103
#80Anne14US #92
#81Beatrice14US #67
#82Genevieve14US #126
#83Josephine14US #39
#84Julia14US #76
#85Pearl14US #102
#86Roberta14US #122
#87Wilma14US #68
#88Alma13US #97
#89Fern13
#90Juanita13US #55
#91Kathleen13US #83
#92Mabel13US #133
#93Georgia12US #120
#94Janet12US #111
#95Katherine12US #73
#96Lola12US #154
#97Verna12US #153
#98Vivian12US #77
#99Blanche11US #151
#100Cora11US #158

Boys

#1Robert287US #1
#2John229US #2
#3William202US #4
#4James167US #3
#5Donald166US #8
#6Charles126US #5
#7George106US #7
#8Richard105US #6
#9Jack94US #16
#10Thomas81US #11
#11Kenneth72US #18
#12Harold70US #14
#13Frank59US #12
#14Raymond58US #15
#15Joseph51US #9
#16Walter51US #17
#17Edward49US #10
#18David43US #21
#19Eugene42US #20
#20Clarence39US #32
#21Harry39US #25
#22Arthur35US #22
#23Ralph35US #24
#24Norman34US #39
#25Albert33US #23
#26Fred32US #35
#27Bill31US #69
#28Henry31US #19
#29Joe30US #30
#30Paul30US #13
#31Earl29US #33
#32Gerald29US #38
#33Gordon28US #74
#34Melvin27US #48
#35Dale26US #81
#36Glenn25US #76
#37Leonard25US #40
#38Lloyd25US #58
#39Francis24US #36
#40Leo24US #55
#41Roy24US #34
#42Stanley24US #44
#43Theodore24US #62
#44Elmer23US #61
#45Floyd23US #53
#46Glen22US #115
#47Howard22US #28
#48Louis22US #29
#49Lawrence21US #37
#50Leroy21US #51
#51Carl20US #26
#52Russell20US #54
#53Don19US #90
#54Gene19US #72
#55Leslie19US #126
#56Bob18US #100
#57Daniel18US #46
#58Ray18US #60
#59Vernon18US #71
#60Warren18US #79
#61Alvin17US #66
#62Arnold17US #97
#63Ernest16US #41
#64Herbert16US #42
#65Ronald16US #63
#66Wesley16US #134
#67Clifford15US #65
#68Lee15US #86
#69Alfred14US #45
#70Lester14US #83
#71Wallace14US #96
#72Keith13US #141
#73Jim12US #136
#74Lewis12US #82
#75Lyle12US #151
#76Marvin12US #47
#77Peter12US #59
#78Wilbur12US #130
#79Bruce11US #123
#80Calvin11US #73
#81Clyde11US #68
#82Martin11US #87
#83Victor11US #98
#84Willard11US #106
#85Bernard10US #50
#86Douglas10US #104
#87Duane10US #147
#88Frederick10US #64
#89Orville10US #172
#90Roger10US #84
#91Wayne10US #67
#92Edwin9US #57
#93Harvey9US #94
#94Herman9US #70
#95Larry9US #176
#96Ted9US #190
#97Benjamin8US #101
#98Bud8
#99Cecil8US #92
#100Dean8US #133

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑46Ellen#41
↑44Carol#51
↑42Glenn#36
↑39Alvin#61
↑35Norman#24
↑33Beverly#18
↑31Bonnie#50
↑30Eileen#46

Falling

↓46Edna#70
↓43Katherine#95
↓40Gloria#77
↓39Vivian#98
↓35Edwin#92
↓34Josephine#83
↓29Bernard#85
↓28Kathleen#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.