State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,839 Montana births in 1928 across 334 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#43Dick#172 nationally
#89Irvin#199 nationally
#73Ted#175 nationally
#100Ervinoutside the national top 200
#87Colleen#185 nationally
#49Duane#141 nationally
#52Jim#137 nationally
#59Tom#135 nationally
#82Lyle#155 nationally
#93Dan#164 nationally
#48Ramona#117 nationally
#70Keith#139 nationally

Girls

#1Betty203US #2
#2Mary200US #1
#3Dorothy166US #3
#4Helen119US #4
#5Ruth82US #6
#6Margaret80US #5
#7Shirley80US #10
#8Lois67US #18
#9Alice66US #19
#10Patricia64US #11
#11Doris61US #7
#12Marjorie60US #29
#13Virginia55US #9
#14Barbara53US #8
#15Phyllis52US #26
#16Joyce51US #30
#17Evelyn47US #17
#18Frances45US #13
#19Donna44US #61
#20Jean44US #12
#21June44US #44
#22Dolores41US #20
#23Elizabeth39US #14
#24Beverly37US #46
#25Florence36US #32
#26Marie36US #21
#27Carol35US #77
#28Irene35US #28
#29Rose35US #24
#30Grace34US #52
#31Mildred34US #15
#32Lorraine33US #39
#33Anna32US #16
#34Norma30US #23
#35Lillian29US #35
#36Marian27US #71
#37Audrey26US #60
#38Louise26US #31
#39Maxine26US #84
#40Ruby25US #34
#41Esther24US #66
#42Gloria23US #25
#43Hazel23US #59
#44Marion23US #47
#45Catherine22US #33
#46Edith22US #56
#47Martha22US #22
#48Ramona22US #117
#49Clara21US #65
#50Kathryn21US #99
#51Lucille21US #51
#52Ethel20US #55
#53Joan20US #27
#54Marilyn20US #38
#55Agnes19US #85
#56Eva19US #79
#57Gladys19US #41
#58Jeanne19US #90
#59Josephine19US #42
#60Peggy19US #76
#61Eleanor18US #36
#62Laura18US #83
#63Pauline18US #48
#64Bernice17US #53
#65Eileen17US #102
#66Ellen17US #98
#67Rosemary17US #88
#68Edna16US #45
#69Elsie16US #73
#70Geraldine16US #50
#71Leona16US #122
#72Nellie16US #111
#73Vivian16US #78
#74Charlotte15US #72
#75Theresa15US #49
#76Wilma15US #69
#77Pearl14US #110
#78Viola14US #103
#79Violet14US #113
#80Ann13US #54
#81Arlene13US #106
#82Bonnie13US #89
#83Delores13US #94
#84Ella13US #100
#85Margie13US #108
#86Roberta13US #127
#87Colleen12US #185
#88Emma12US #67
#89Katherine12US #75
#90Alma11US #107
#91Bertha11US #81
#92Elaine11US #68
#93Ida11US #87
#94Julia11US #80
#95Kathleen11US #82
#96Mabel11US #135
#97Sylvia11US #119
#98Vera11US #92
#99Verna11US #152
#100Beatrice10US #70

Boys

#1Robert278US #1
#2John221US #2
#3James212US #3
#4William190US #4
#5Donald189US #7
#6Richard119US #6
#7Charles106US #5
#8George95US #8
#9Jack75US #15
#10Kenneth69US #17
#11Harold66US #14
#12Thomas66US #11
#13Raymond64US #16
#14Edward61US #10
#15Joseph54US #9
#16Arthur53US #22
#17David51US #19
#18Frank51US #12
#19Walter50US #18
#20Albert46US #23
#21Eugene45US #20
#22Paul44US #13
#23Harry38US #26
#24Clarence33US #35
#25Bill32US #64
#26Earl31US #37
#27Lawrence30US #38
#28Roy30US #34
#29Francis29US #40
#30Marvin29US #46
#31Ralph29US #24
#32Stanley29US #45
#33Fred28US #36
#34Gerald27US #41
#35Howard26US #31
#36Leonard26US #42
#37Glenn24US #76
#38Norman24US #39
#39Russell24US #55
#40Bob23US #95
#41Lloyd23US #59
#42Wayne23US #69
#43Dick22US #172
#44Henry22US #21
#45Melvin22US #48
#46Ray22US #57
#47Alfred21US #33
#48Don21US #84
#49Duane21US #141
#50Elmer21US #63
#51Herbert21US #25
#52Jim21US #137
#53Vernon21US #70
#54Bernard20US #49
#55Leo20US #61
#56Carl19US #28
#57Dale19US #75
#58Daniel19US #47
#59Tom19US #135
#60Allen18US #93
#61Clifford18US #68
#62Edwin18US #58
#63Floyd18US #54
#64Gene18US #62
#65Gordon18US #77
#66Wallace18US #104
#67Warren17US #85
#68Herman16US #78
#69Joe16US #30
#70Keith15US #139
#71Lee15US #87
#72Ronald15US #50
#73Ted15US #175
#74Alvin14US #72
#75Jerry14US #79
#76Leroy14US #51
#77Peter14US #56
#78Wesley14US #143
#79Ernest13US #43
#80Glen13US #115
#81Larry13US #150
#82Lyle13US #155
#83Patrick13US #132
#84Dean12US #136
#85Louis12US #32
#86Michael12US #53
#87Andrew11US #60
#88Harvey11US #90
#89Irvin11US #199
#90Phillip11US #149
#91Victor11US #99
#92Arnold10US #98
#93Dan10US #164
#94Delbert10US #154
#95Everett10US #123
#96Martin10US #83
#97Ben9US #156
#98Billy9US #27
#99Cecil9US #97
#100Ervin9

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑49Wayne#42
↑46Marvin#30
↑41Dolores#22
↑38Duane#49
↑35Maxine#39
↑35Gloria#42
↑31Bernard#54
↑30Edwin#62

Falling

↓40Joe#69
↓37Louis#85
↓36Vera#98
↓34Glen#80
↓32Bonnie#82
↓32Gordon#65
↓31Gladys#57
↓31Eleanor#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.