State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,936 Montana births in 1932 across 314 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#27Dick#149 nationally
#79Dellaoutside the national top 200
#71Ramona#180 nationally
#84Nora#189 nationally
#97Betteoutside the national top 200
#99Fayoutside the national top 200
#42Gary#136 nationally
#42Violet#132 nationally
#89Mabel#171 nationally
#53Keith#133 nationally
#44Darlene#122 nationally
#34Jim#104 nationally

Girls

#1Mary192US #1
#2Betty168US #2
#3Dorothy99US #4
#4Donna94US #29
#5Shirley94US #9
#6Patricia88US #6
#7Barbara76US #3
#8Helen74US #8
#9Joyce66US #12
#10Margaret66US #7
#11Beverly60US #28
#12Lois57US #20
#13Ruth57US #11
#14Joan55US #5
#15Dolores51US #18
#16Alice44US #21
#17Doris44US #10
#18Virginia43US #14
#19Marjorie41US #37
#20Carol38US #32
#21Frances38US #19
#22June33US #44
#23Nancy33US #13
#24Jean32US #15
#25Marilyn32US #16
#26Evelyn30US #23
#27Norma28US #22
#28Phyllis27US #30
#29Rose27US #33
#30Anna24US #24
#31Elizabeth24US #17
#32Irene24US #43
#33Marlene24US #78
#34Florence23US #47
#35Joann23US #79
#36Delores22US #56
#37Peggy22US #40
#38Ann21US #34
#39Charlotte21US #74
#40Joanne21US #62
#41Lorraine21US #55
#42Violet21US #132
#43Bonnie20US #64
#44Darlene20US #122
#45Edith20US #69
#46Roberta20US #109
#47Audrey19US #61
#48Edna19US #50
#49Elsie19US #97
#50Geraldine19US #42
#51Marian19US #86
#52Mildred19US #26
#53Patsy19US #77
#54Rita19US #53
#55Bernice18US #71
#56Lucille18US #63
#57Marie18US #31
#58Vivian18US #90
#59Wilma18US #65
#60Clara17US #70
#61Hazel17US #75
#62Louise17US #36
#63Eleanor16US #45
#64Eva16US #98
#65Laura16US #88
#66Eileen15US #114
#67Elaine15US #68
#68Grace15US #72
#69Jacqueline15US #85
#70Katherine15US #95
#71Ramona15US #180
#72Ethel14US #66
#73Janet14US #35
#74Jeanette14US #106
#75Juanita14US #58
#76Lillian14US #48
#77Maxine14US #110
#78Arlene13US #80
#79Della13
#80Georgia13US #118
#81Gladys13US #54
#82Leona13US #134
#83Marion13US #73
#84Nora13US #189
#85Catherine12US #39
#86Esther12US #82
#87Gloria12US #25
#88Jo12US #103
#89Mabel12US #171
#90Anita11US #116
#91Connie11US #153
#92Ellen11US #104
#93Ida11US #105
#94Jessie11US #126
#95Julia11US #92
#96Myrtle11US #135
#97Bette10
#98Ella10US #108
#99Fay10
#100Gertrude10US #124

Boys

#1Robert230US #1
#2John183US #3
#3James177US #2
#4Donald167US #7
#5William157US #4
#6Richard134US #5
#7Charles94US #6
#8George79US #8
#9Thomas69US #10
#10Jack62US #17
#11Kenneth58US #14
#12Harold52US #18
#13Raymond51US #19
#14Ronald51US #16
#15Frank46US #15
#16Edward43US #11
#17Joseph43US #9
#18Walter43US #21
#19Gerald39US #24
#20David36US #12
#21Don35US #55
#22Wayne32US #57
#23Clarence31US #40
#24Bill30US #58
#25Fred30US #33
#26Eugene28US #22
#27Dick27US #149
#28Joe26US #29
#29Bob25US #79
#30Ralph25US #27
#31Lloyd24US #71
#32Norman24US #37
#33Arthur23US #25
#34Jim23US #104
#35Vernon23US #78
#36Clifford22US #84
#37Dale22US #61
#38Duane22US #105
#39Albert21US #26
#40Carl21US #28
#41Ray21US #59
#42Gary20US #136
#43Howard20US #36
#44Larry20US #65
#45Leonard20US #48
#46Paul20US #13
#47Roy20US #38
#48Henry19US #23
#49Lawrence19US #35
#50Melvin19US #51
#51Roger19US #50
#52Theodore19US #67
#53Keith18US #133
#54Leo18US #74
#55Alvin17US #87
#56Earl17US #41
#57Edwin17US #72
#58Leroy17US #53
#59Francis16US #43
#60Glenn16US #77
#61Jerry16US #34
#62Marvin16US #46
#63Russell16US #63
#64Bruce15US #98
#65Dean15US #123
#66Floyd15US #68
#67Harry15US #32
#68Herbert15US #44
#69Louis15US #39
#70Victor15US #110
#71Daniel14US #42
#72Gordon14US #81
#73Stanley14US #52
#74Billy13US #20
#75Clyde13US #82
#76Ernest13US #47
#77Glen13US #118
#78Leslie13US #142
#79Martin13US #88
#80Tom13US #116
#81Willard13US #125
#82Allen12US #80
#83Douglas12US #85
#84Franklin12US #66
#85Gene12US #64
#86Patrick12US #114
#87Alfred11US #49
#88Bernard11US #60
#89Delbert11US #151
#90Harvey11US #95
#91Lee11US #86
#92Wallace11US #117
#93Warren11US #102
#94Arnold10US #100
#95Darrell10US #154
#96Elmer10US #94
#97Jay10US #161
#98Lester10US #101
#99Peter10US #62
#100Philip10US #70

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑47Duane#38
↑41Joann#35
↑37Nancy#23
↑32Bernice#55
↑31Elsie#49
↑30Lorraine#41
↑28Gary#42
↑27Dick#27

Falling

↓49Harry#67
↓46Gene#85
↓45Gladys#81
↓41Esther#86
↓41Gloria#87
↓40Elmer#96
↓37Lillian#76
↓30Leona#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.