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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,803 Montana births in 1933 across 310 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#75Kay#200 nationally
#79Colleenoutside the national top 200
#85Ramona#180 nationally
#86Sharon#178 nationally
#77Pat#160 nationally
#61Leona#139 nationally
#25Darlene#96 nationally
#57Dean#128 nationally
#65Violet#136 nationally
#74Dick#144 nationally
#84Dan#153 nationally
#38Duane#102 nationally

Girls

#1Mary170US #1
#2Betty134US #2
#3Donna101US #24
#4Barbara96US #3
#5Dorothy93US #4
#6Shirley88US #9
#7Patricia82US #6
#8Joan76US #5
#9Joyce68US #12
#10Margaret67US #7
#11Helen65US #8
#12Doris55US #10
#13Beverly53US #26
#14Lois49US #19
#15Alice46US #22
#16Ruth43US #13
#17Jean41US #14
#18Carol40US #20
#19Marjorie40US #41
#20Phyllis39US #28
#21Virginia38US #15
#22Frances36US #18
#23June35US #45
#24Delores34US #52
#25Darlene33US #96
#26Dolores33US #21
#27Marilyn32US #16
#28Evelyn31US #30
#29Norma31US #23
#30Rose29US #35
#31Marie28US #33
#32Marlene28US #50
#33Nancy26US #11
#34Anna25US #29
#35Martha25US #27
#36Arlene24US #74
#37Elizabeth24US #17
#38Joann24US #72
#39Florence22US #49
#40Janet22US #25
#41Bonnie21US #68
#42Irene21US #46
#43Wilma21US #66
#44Esther20US #88
#45Joanne20US #56
#46Louise20US #39
#47Marian20US #89
#48Edith19US #80
#49Kathleen19US #77
#50Lillian19US #51
#51Lorraine19US #54
#52Bernice18US #83
#53Charlotte18US #79
#54Eleanor18US #38
#55Geraldine18US #42
#56Ann17US #34
#57Audrey17US #59
#58Edna17US #55
#59Gladys17US #60
#60Hazel17US #82
#61Leona17US #139
#62Margie17US #95
#63Rita17US #53
#64Rosemary17US #102
#65Violet17US #136
#66Clara16US #67
#67Elaine16US #61
#68Maxine16US #110
#69Sylvia16US #84
#70Laura15US #91
#71Loretta15US #87
#72Mildred15US #32
#73Pauline15US #64
#74Gloria14US #31
#75Kay14US #200
#76Agnes13US #118
#77Pat13US #160
#78Vivian13US #98
#79Colleen12
#80Ellen12US #104
#81Ethel12US #71
#82Eva12US #101
#83Julia12US #97
#84Kathryn12US #108
#85Ramona12US #180
#86Sharon12US #178
#87Eileen11US #115
#88Jacqueline11US #86
#89Jo11US #90
#90Josephine11US #62
#91Juanita11US #63
#92Peggy11US #36
#93Ruby11US #43
#94Viola11US #138
#95Carolyn10US #40
#96Janice10US #81
#97Katherine10US #100
#98Myrtle10US #142
#99Patsy10US #65
#100Roberta10US #112

Boys

#1Robert229US #1
#2James178US #2
#3John163US #3
#4Donald154US #7
#5William141US #4
#6Richard100US #5
#7Charles97US #6
#8George89US #8
#9Thomas63US #10
#10Edward61US #11
#11Kenneth57US #15
#12Jack55US #17
#13David54US #13
#14Frank46US #16
#15Raymond45US #19
#16Harold44US #18
#17Ronald44US #12
#18Dale43US #65
#19Arthur38US #25
#20Paul37US #14
#21Bill36US #59
#22Gary34US #80
#23Carl32US #28
#24Lawrence32US #38
#25Eugene30US #23
#26Joseph30US #9
#27Jerry29US #31
#28Albert28US #30
#29Harry28US #35
#30Leonard28US #47
#31Howard27US #36
#32Leroy27US #56
#33Wayne27US #52
#34Roy26US #39
#35Walter26US #21
#36Clarence25US #43
#37Don25US #54
#38Duane25US #102
#39Gordon25US #71
#40Gerald24US #22
#41Jim24US #98
#42Edwin23US #77
#43Gene23US #66
#44Earl22US #41
#45Fred21US #34
#46Lee21US #79
#47Bob20US #82
#48Larry20US #58
#49Norman20US #37
#50Clifford19US #86
#51Henry19US #24
#52Lloyd19US #73
#53Melvin19US #51
#54Franklin18US #33
#55Ray18US #62
#56Allen17US #84
#57Dean17US #128
#58Floyd17US #69
#59Marvin17US #44
#60Russell17US #67
#61Bruce16US #91
#62Daniel16US #42
#63Dennis16US #106
#64Roger16US #48
#65Theodore16US #68
#66Alvin15US #88
#67Francis15US #45
#68Glenn15US #74
#69Patrick15US #110
#70Ralph15US #29
#71Harvey14US #97
#72Joe14US #27
#73Alfred13US #57
#74Dick13US #144
#75Douglas13US #81
#76Elmer13US #101
#77Keith13US #127
#78Stanley13US #55
#79Bernard12US #63
#80Leo12US #75
#81Ted12US #145
#82Vernon12US #83
#83Clyde11US #87
#84Dan11US #153
#85Jimmy11US #64
#86Lester11US #108
#87Tommy11US #109
#88Jay10US #151
#89Leslie10US #137
#90Michael10US #53
#91Peter10US #60
#92Phillip10US #125
#93Wallace10US #120
#94Allan9US #154
#95Billy9US #20
#96Calvin9US #112
#97Chester9US #119
#98Eddie9US #93
#99Ernest9US #50
#100Glen9US #124

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑45Lee#46
↑42Arlene#36
↑42Esther#44
↑42Gene#43
↑38Harry#29
↑34Jerry#27
↑33Janet#40
↑33Gordon#39

Falling

↓55Peggy#92
↓54Roberta#100
↓47Dick#74
↓47Vernon#82
↓46Patsy#99
↓44Joe#72
↓40Ralph#70
↓27Katherine#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.