State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,230 Montana births in 1931 across 318 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#85Pattyoutside the national top 200
#91Bertoutside the national top 200
#94Dixieoutside the national top 200
#54Dick#152 nationally
#44Darlene#128 nationally
#70Gary#153 nationally
#52Leona#133 nationally
#80Lyle#157 nationally
#92Ramona#164 nationally
#47Jim#116 nationally
#63Velma#131 nationally
#87Ted#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary184US #1
#2Betty166US #2
#3Dorothy103US #3
#4Patricia100US #8
#5Donna98US #32
#6Shirley88US #9
#7Helen86US #6
#8Margaret73US #7
#9Barbara68US #4
#10Beverly62US #31
#11Joyce59US #15
#12Alice54US #21
#13Doris53US #10
#14Joan53US #5
#15Ruth52US #11
#16Jean49US #13
#17Virginia47US #12
#18Evelyn44US #24
#19Lois43US #20
#20Delores40US #58
#21Dolores39US #14
#22Frances35US #18
#23June34US #44
#24Marjorie34US #34
#25Mildred33US #26
#26Phyllis33US #29
#27Norma32US #22
#28Marie31US #27
#29Marilyn31US #19
#30Carol30US #46
#31Peggy30US #42
#32Florence28US #43
#33Louise27US #33
#34Irene26US #37
#35Marlene26US #95
#36Gladys25US #55
#37Joanne25US #68
#38Elizabeth24US #16
#39Lillian23US #47
#40Ruby22US #39
#41Edith21US #65
#42Hazel21US #74
#43Anna20US #25
#44Darlene20US #128
#45Esther20US #79
#46Gloria20US #23
#47Patsy20US #83
#48Ann19US #35
#49Charlotte19US #75
#50Edna19US #52
#51Eleanor19US #40
#52Leona19US #133
#53Rose19US #30
#54Clara18US #61
#55Ethel18US #67
#56Geraldine18US #38
#57Marian18US #84
#58Marion18US #66
#59Maxine18US #101
#60Nancy18US #17
#61Wilma18US #69
#62Bonnie17US #73
#63Velma17US #131
#64Martha16US #28
#65Violet16US #132
#66Audrey15US #64
#67Emma15US #76
#68Rita15US #48
#69Grace14US #70
#70Jacqueline14US #78
#71Lorraine14US #49
#72Rosemary14US #88
#73Arlene13US #77
#74Catherine13US #36
#75Janet13US #45
#76Joann13US #90
#77Laura13US #89
#78Lucille13US #62
#79Vivian13US #82
#80Elsie12US #86
#81Eva12US #94
#82Jeanne12US #98
#83Josephine12US #51
#84Kathleen12US #87
#85Patty12
#86Theresa12US #59
#87Bernice11US #63
#88Elaine11US #72
#89Ellen11US #99
#90Georgia11US #120
#91Katherine11US #92
#92Ramona11US #164
#93Carolyn10US #60
#94Dixie10
#95Kathryn10US #108
#96Loretta10US #96
#97Vera10US #111
#98Verna10US #154
#99Viola10US #127
#100Beatrice9US #85

Boys

#1Robert251US #1
#2John220US #3
#3Donald180US #7
#4William168US #4
#5James167US #2
#6Richard154US #5
#7Charles101US #6
#8George99US #8
#9Jack72US #15
#10Kenneth70US #14
#11Edward59US #11
#12Harold59US #18
#13Frank51US #16
#14Thomas51US #10
#15Raymond45US #17
#16Joseph44US #9
#17David43US #13
#18Harry42US #30
#19Eugene40US #21
#20Ronald39US #27
#21Albert38US #24
#22Ralph37US #25
#23Arthur36US #23
#24Walter36US #20
#25Gerald34US #26
#26Bill32US #57
#27Henry31US #22
#28Lawrence30US #38
#29Clarence29US #39
#30Fred29US #33
#31Paul29US #12
#32Howard27US #34
#33Don26US #59
#34Ray26US #60
#35Dale25US #62
#36Clifford24US #75
#37Earl24US #40
#38Joe23US #29
#39Gene22US #64
#40Jerry22US #43
#41Lloyd22US #68
#42Marvin22US #45
#43Roy22US #35
#44Wayne22US #58
#45Bob21US #78
#46Leonard21US #48
#47Jim20US #116
#48Larry20US #88
#49Louis20US #37
#50Norman20US #36
#51Francis19US #42
#52Leroy19US #52
#53Allen18US #79
#54Dick18US #152
#55Gordon18US #76
#56Elmer17US #82
#57Theodore17US #70
#58Vernon17US #74
#59Alfred16US #50
#60Carl16US #28
#61Douglas16US #85
#62Floyd16US #66
#63Glen16US #112
#64Keith16US #123
#65Alvin15US #80
#66Arnold15US #98
#67Billy15US #19
#68Daniel15US #44
#69Ernest15US #47
#70Gary15US #153
#71Glenn15US #72
#72Herbert15US #41
#73Roger15US #53
#74Stanley15US #49
#75Leo14US #69
#76Melvin14US #51
#77Patrick14US #111
#78Edwin13US #67
#79Harvey13US #93
#80Lyle13US #157
#81Martin13US #91
#82Russell13US #63
#83Bruce12US #101
#84Dean12US #127
#85Duane12US #104
#86Peter12US #61
#87Ted12US #155
#88Bernard11US #54
#89Lee11US #90
#90Wallace11US #114
#91Bert10
#92Gilbert10US #92
#93Herman10US #83
#94Jimmy10US #89
#95Leslie10US #139
#96Philip10US #71
#97Tom10US #125
#98Tommy10US #115
#99Wesley10US #143
#100Andrew9US #65

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑61Peggy#31
↑52Gladys#36
↑44Patsy#47
↑38Allen#53
↑36Delores#20
↑33Dick#54
↑32Ruby#40
↑32Edith#41

Falling

↓51Ellen#89
↓44Lorraine#71
↓37Audrey#66
↓36Elaine#88
↓36Leo#75
↓34Dean#84
↓31Rita#68
↓31Ramona#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.