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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,609 Montana births in 1935 across 309 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#57Karen#172 nationally
#52Violet#159 nationally
#97Betteoutside the national top 200
#61Lyle#156 nationally
#58Pat#150 nationally
#84Myrna#176 nationally
#53Dick#142 nationally
#53Connie#140 nationally
#75Leona#155 nationally
#13Darlene#91 nationally
#78Viola#152 nationally
#94Delbert#165 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley237US #2
#2Mary184US #1
#3Betty132US #4
#4Donna111US #23
#5Barbara96US #3
#6Patricia92US #5
#7Dorothy79US #6
#8Helen79US #10
#9Joyce73US #12
#10Carol71US #11
#11Beverly69US #20
#12Joan66US #7
#13Darlene60US #91
#14Marilyn60US #14
#15Marlene56US #39
#16Alice53US #25
#17Lois49US #21
#18Virginia46US #16
#19Margaret44US #8
#20Ruth44US #15
#21Doris42US #13
#22Marjorie40US #46
#23Jean38US #18
#24Delores37US #57
#25Dolores37US #26
#26Sharon37US #96
#27Joanne33US #44
#28Evelyn30US #31
#29Janet30US #22
#30Phyllis30US #27
#31Roberta30US #77
#32Arlene29US #59
#33Lorraine29US #68
#34Nancy28US #9
#35Elizabeth27US #17
#36Frances27US #19
#37Bonnie26US #62
#38Joann26US #53
#39Norma25US #29
#40Marian23US #105
#41Irene22US #52
#42Marie22US #33
#43Florence21US #74
#44Janice21US #47
#45Patsy21US #56
#46Sylvia21US #60
#47Grace20US #83
#48Laura20US #101
#49Ann19US #30
#50Anna19US #34
#51Rose19US #37
#52Violet19US #159
#53Connie18US #140
#54Sandra18US #50
#55Edna17US #67
#56Esther17US #94
#57Karen17US #172
#58Pat17US #150
#59Peggy17US #36
#60Rita17US #63
#61Audrey16US #64
#62Gloria16US #32
#63Jacqueline16US #79
#64Louise16US #45
#65Geraldine15US #40
#66Juanita15US #72
#67Kathleen15US #71
#68Lucille15US #85
#69Sally15US #58
#70Charlotte14US #65
#71Elsie14US #113
#72Gladys14US #78
#73Hazel14US #92
#74Jane14US #43
#75Leona14US #155
#76Lillian14US #66
#77Martha14US #24
#78Viola14US #152
#79Edith13US #87
#80Ellen13US #95
#81Judith13US #54
#82June13US #55
#83Loretta13US #69
#84Myrna13US #176
#85Ruby13US #41
#86Yvonne13US #98
#87Billie12US #106
#88Carole12US #93
#89Clara12US #81
#90Elaine12US #51
#91Josephine12US #75
#92Kathryn12US #111
#93Thelma12US #76
#94Theresa12US #86
#95Bernice11US #90
#96Bertha11US #114
#97Bette11
#98Catherine11US #42
#99Jo11US #73
#100Kay11US #134

Boys

#1Robert248US #1
#2James205US #2
#3Donald188US #7
#4John185US #3
#5Richard154US #5
#6William142US #4
#7Kenneth102US #15
#8Charles101US #6
#9George81US #8
#10Jack75US #18
#11Ronald74US #12
#12Thomas74US #9
#13David65US #11
#14Edward64US #13
#15Gary48US #44
#16Larry46US #33
#17Harold44US #20
#18Frank42US #16
#19Gerald42US #21
#20Don41US #51
#21Raymond40US #17
#22Jerry39US #22
#23Bill38US #60
#24Fred37US #34
#25Dale35US #61
#26Paul34US #14
#27Wayne34US #49
#28Jim33US #90
#29Walter33US #23
#30Lawrence32US #35
#31Leroy32US #50
#32Roy31US #40
#33Joseph30US #10
#34Ralph30US #32
#35Norman29US #38
#36Roger28US #36
#37Bob27US #81
#38Howard27US #39
#39Arthur26US #29
#40Leonard26US #54
#41Marvin25US #45
#42Melvin25US #57
#43Michael24US #41
#44Tom24US #110
#45Clarence23US #48
#46Carl22US #28
#47Earl22US #46
#48Eugene22US #26
#49Francis22US #53
#50Harry22US #37
#51Russell22US #68
#52Clifford21US #88
#53Dick21US #142
#54Glenn21US #78
#55Vernon21US #94
#56Alvin20US #91
#57Joe20US #25
#58Lloyd20US #84
#59Daniel19US #43
#60Gene19US #66
#61Lyle19US #156
#62Albert18US #31
#63Bernard18US #67
#64Billy17US #19
#65Peter17US #59
#66Ray17US #64
#67Dennis16US #72
#68Ernest16US #55
#69Stanley16US #56
#70Allen15US #83
#71Bruce15US #77
#72Douglas15US #75
#73Keith15US #125
#74Lee15US #80
#75Leslie15US #131
#76Glen14US #124
#77Henry14US #27
#78Jimmy14US #47
#79Ted14US #144
#80Alfred13US #63
#81Dan13US #151
#82Duane13US #105
#83Floyd13US #76
#84Gordon13US #70
#85Patrick13US #112
#86Dean12US #120
#87Louis12US #42
#88Martin12US #93
#89Philip12US #65
#90Bobby11US #24
#91Theodore11US #79
#92Harvey10US #99
#93Warren10US #97
#94Delbert9US #165
#95Eddie9US #87
#96Edwin9US #89
#97Gilbert9US #111
#98Leo9US #92
#99Terry9US #154
#100Alan8US #122

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑45Sharon#26
↑43Sylvia#46
↑39Roberta#31
↑34Marian#40
↑32Grace#47
↑30Francis#49
↑28Rita#60
↑28Alvin#56

Falling

↓52Gordon#84
↓48Duane#82
↓44Clara#89
↓42June#82
↓37Kathryn#92
↓34Warren#93
↓33Lillian#76
↓31Charlotte#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.