State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,619 Montana births in 1930 across 320 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#83Lorenoutside the national top 200
#84Betteoutside the national top 200
#88Gary#194 nationally
#95Colleenoutside the national top 200
#51Darlene#141 nationally
#61Ramona#149 nationally
#79Lyle#160 nationally
#46Jim#125 nationally
#50Dean#129 nationally
#42Violet#120 nationally
#87Dick#161 nationally
#65Leona#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary208US #1
#2Betty190US #2
#3Dorothy122US #3
#4Helen120US #4
#5Shirley117US #11
#6Patricia104US #7
#7Barbara82US #6
#8Margaret73US #5
#9Donna72US #37
#10Joyce72US #18
#11Ruth64US #10
#12Lois59US #17
#13Beverly57US #34
#14Dolores57US #13
#15Jean57US #14
#16Alice56US #20
#17Doris54US #9
#18Joan53US #8
#19Virginia51US #12
#20Phyllis44US #28
#21Evelyn43US #19
#22Frances41US #16
#23Marjorie37US #32
#24Marilyn33US #22
#25Irene31US #33
#26Edna30US #51
#27Lorraine30US #46
#28Norma30US #25
#29Audrey29US #63
#30Rose28US #29
#31June27US #47
#32Marie27US #26
#33Anna24US #23
#34Carol24US #54
#35Florence24US #38
#36Lillian24US #44
#37Rita24US #42
#38Ellen23US #100
#39Elizabeth22US #15
#40Esther22US #77
#41Hazel22US #71
#42Violet22US #120
#43Clara21US #64
#44Louise21US #31
#45Marian21US #80
#46Ann20US #41
#47Gloria20US #30
#48Joanne20US #81
#49Maxine20US #93
#50Mildred20US #21
#51Darlene19US #141
#52Elaine19US #69
#53Geraldine19US #43
#54Grace19US #62
#55Wilma19US #68
#56Delores18US #66
#57Eileen18US #110
#58Elsie18US #88
#59Ethel18US #65
#60Pauline18US #52
#61Ramona18US #149
#62Thelma18US #45
#63Charlotte17US #75
#64Jane17US #55
#65Leona17US #130
#66Nancy17US #24
#67Bonnie16US #78
#68Eleanor16US #39
#69Loretta16US #105
#70Margie16US #112
#71Marion16US #60
#72Ruby16US #36
#73Edith15US #61
#74Jacqueline15US #74
#75Janet15US #53
#76Kathleen15US #84
#77Laura15US #89
#78Lucille15US #59
#79Agnes14US #102
#80Emma14US #73
#81Juanita14US #57
#82Vera14US #104
#83Bernice13US #58
#84Bette13
#85Josephine13US #49
#86Pearl13US #121
#87Billie12US #79
#88Gladys12US #48
#89Jeanne12US #92
#90Joann12US #118
#91Patsy12US #97
#92Peggy12US #67
#93Roberta12US #125
#94Viola12US #116
#95Colleen11
#96Ella11US #107
#97Eva11US #86
#98Gertrude11US #96
#99Verna11US #151
#100Beatrice10US #76

Boys

#1Robert300US #1
#2William222US #4
#3James203US #2
#4John193US #3
#5Donald179US #7
#6Richard132US #5
#7Charles112US #6
#8George103US #8
#9Jack75US #14
#10Kenneth72US #17
#11Edward61US #10
#12Thomas61US #11
#13Joseph60US #9
#14Raymond60US #16
#15Eugene53US #21
#16Harold51US #18
#17Frank48US #13
#18David47US #15
#19Albert38US #24
#20Gerald38US #30
#21Bill37US #59
#22Fred36US #32
#23Paul36US #12
#24Ronald36US #37
#25Arthur35US #23
#26Howard35US #31
#27Harry34US #28
#28Walter34US #19
#29Earl33US #38
#30Gordon31US #77
#31Clarence30US #39
#32Leonard30US #45
#33Norman29US #40
#34Lawrence27US #36
#35Lloyd26US #69
#36Henry25US #22
#37Ralph25US #25
#38Don24US #68
#39Leo24US #63
#40Roy23US #33
#41Wayne23US #65
#42Carl22US #26
#43Marvin22US #48
#44Alvin21US #79
#45Gene21US #70
#46Jim21US #125
#47Herbert20US #35
#48Jerry20US #51
#49Ray20US #57
#50Dean19US #129
#51Melvin19US #50
#52Alfred18US #46
#53Dale18US #64
#54Daniel18US #47
#55Louis18US #34
#56Theodore18US #67
#57Clifford17US #73
#58Duane17US #120
#59Floyd17US #61
#60Russell17US #60
#61Stanley17US #49
#62Vernon17US #72
#63Bob16US #88
#64Ernest16US #43
#65Francis16US #42
#66Joe16US #27
#67Billy15US #20
#68Leroy15US #53
#69Wallace15US #112
#70Lee14US #82
#71Martin14US #83
#72Patrick14US #118
#73Bruce13US #109
#74Elmer13US #80
#75Tommy13US #127
#76Glenn12US #71
#77Larry12US #108
#78Leslie12US #139
#79Lyle12US #160
#80Tom12US #132
#81Arnold11US #98
#82Lester11US #95
#83Loren11
#84Virgil11US #128
#85Wesley11US #142
#86Cecil10US #99
#87Dick10US #161
#88Gary10US #194
#89Glen10US #114
#90Harvey10US #92
#91Allen9US #85
#92Delbert9US #151
#93Gilbert9US #90
#94Keith9US #130
#95Samuel9US #55
#96Ted9US #156
#97Allan8US #155
#98Andrew8US #62
#99Calvin8US #111
#100Clyde8US #76

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑34Russell#60
↑33Jerry#48
↑31Ellen#38
↑30Jim#46
↑29Florence#35
↑29Jane#64
↑28Audrey#29
↑28Maxine#49

Falling

↓66Gladys#88
↓39Viola#94
↓38Peggy#92
↓37Bob#63
↓35Ramona#61
↓32Bernice#83
↓28Elmer#74
↓26Clyde#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.