State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,786 Montana births in 1929 across 329 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#92Dellaoutside the national top 200
#81Colleen#186 nationally
#99Betteoutside the national top 200
#100Clariceoutside the national top 200
#26Ramona#120 nationally
#62Lyle#152 nationally
#91Orville#174 nationally
#87Yvonne#168 nationally
#95Jeannine#172 nationally
#93Dick#168 nationally
#40Violet#111 nationally
#66Larry#135 nationally

Girls

#1Betty220US #2
#2Mary211US #1
#3Helen113US #4
#4Dorothy112US #3
#5Shirley102US #9
#6Patricia83US #10
#7Margaret74US #5
#8Donna68US #47
#9Ruth67US #8
#10Virginia64US #11
#11Barbara63US #7
#12Lois60US #17
#13Doris55US #6
#14Marjorie55US #30
#15Dolores54US #14
#16Beverly52US #39
#17Joyce52US #23
#18Jean50US #12
#19Alice47US #21
#20Evelyn45US #19
#21Frances43US #16
#22Gladys36US #44
#23Lorraine36US #42
#24Phyllis36US #24
#25Anna35US #20
#26Ramona34US #120
#27Joan33US #13
#28June32US #48
#29Marian32US #75
#30Marie32US #22
#31Irene31US #29
#32Carol29US #63
#33Elizabeth27US #15
#34Esther27US #71
#35Louise27US #31
#36Geraldine26US #43
#37Marilyn26US #33
#38Rose26US #26
#39Mildred25US #18
#40Violet25US #111
#41Edna24US #51
#42Lillian24US #40
#43Martha24US #27
#44Norma24US #25
#45Catherine23US #34
#46Elsie23US #78
#47Gloria23US #28
#48Hazel23US #64
#49Delores22US #74
#50Elaine22US #67
#51Bernice21US #55
#52Charlotte21US #73
#53Katherine21US #84
#54Peggy21US #70
#55Viola20US #109
#56Wilma20US #66
#57Audrey19US #58
#58Clara19US #65
#59Grace19US #54
#60Josephine19US #45
#61Lucille19US #57
#62Ann18US #46
#63Bonnie18US #86
#64Florence18US #35
#65Kathryn18US #104
#66Ruby18US #36
#67Agnes17US #94
#68Edith17US #59
#69Ellen17US #97
#70Ethel17US #56
#71Billie16US #79
#72Leona16US #122
#73Mae16US #132
#74Thelma16US #41
#75Juanita15US #60
#76Kathleen15US #89
#77Maxine15US #85
#78Nancy15US #32
#79Pauline15US #50
#80Harriet14US #135
#81Colleen13US #186
#82Ella13US #102
#83Emma13US #69
#84Eva13US #83
#85Laura13US #90
#86Rosemary13US #80
#87Yvonne13US #168
#88Myrtle12US #117
#89Roberta12US #126
#90Vivian12US #81
#91Alma11US #106
#92Della11
#93Jane11US #62
#94Janet11US #82
#95Jeannine11US #172
#96Theresa11US #49
#97Velma11US #128
#98Verna11US #156
#99Bette10
#100Clarice10

Boys

#1Robert306US #1
#2John209US #3
#3William200US #4
#4Donald194US #7
#5James193US #2
#6Richard125US #6
#7Charles105US #5
#8Jack99US #14
#9George90US #8
#10Raymond70US #15
#11Harold64US #16
#12Thomas62US #11
#13Frank58US #12
#14Joseph57US #9
#15Edward56US #10
#16Kenneth56US #18
#17David45US #17
#18Albert43US #24
#19Walter43US #19
#20Arthur41US #22
#21Eugene41US #20
#22Paul37US #13
#23Harry36US #27
#24Henry35US #21
#25Bill33US #63
#26Bob32US #89
#27Herbert31US #25
#28Ralph31US #26
#29Carl30US #28
#30Earl30US #36
#31Roy29US #35
#32Lawrence28US #38
#33Gerald27US #33
#34Melvin27US #49
#35Alfred26US #41
#36Fred26US #34
#37Marvin25US #46
#38Ronald25US #45
#39Ernest24US #43
#40Francis24US #39
#41Norman24US #40
#42Clarence23US #37
#43Gene23US #68
#44Howard23US #31
#45Leonard23US #42
#46Elmer22US #70
#47Gordon22US #79
#48Lloyd22US #62
#49Ray22US #57
#50Daniel21US #47
#51Stanley21US #48
#52Theodore21US #65
#53Floyd20US #58
#54Leo20US #60
#55Lewis20US #84
#56Dale19US #73
#57Victor19US #100
#58Wayne19US #69
#59Don18US #78
#60Glenn18US #80
#61Joe18US #30
#62Lyle18US #152
#63Alvin17US #77
#64Martin17US #83
#65Vernon17US #71
#66Larry16US #135
#67Louis16US #32
#68Patrick16US #121
#69Clifford15US #72
#70Duane15US #137
#71Edwin15US #66
#72Glen15US #123
#73Leslie15US #136
#74Clyde14US #74
#75Douglas14US #97
#76Jim14US #132
#77Keith14US #138
#78Leroy14US #51
#79Arnold13US #95
#80Bruce13US #112
#81Jerry13US #61
#82Roger13US #64
#83Virgil13US #127
#84Lee12US #85
#85Peter12US #55
#86Warren12US #92
#87Bernard11US #52
#88Billy11US #23
#89Harvey11US #90
#90Lester11US #88
#91Orville11US #174
#92Allen10US #86
#93Dick10US #168
#94Russell10US #56
#95Willard10US #114
#96Cecil9US #101
#97Delbert9US #157
#98Jesse9US #93
#99Michael9US #54
#100Philip9US #76

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑42Elaine#50
↑40Ernest#39
↑39Violet#40
↑36Katherine#53
↑35Gladys#22
↑34Geraldine#36
↑34Delores#49
↑34Ronald#38

Falling

↓55Russell#94
↓50Dick#93
↓39Florence#64
↓38Maxine#77
↓33Bernard#87
↓32Allen#92
↓29Grace#59
↓28Eva#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.