State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,960 Montana births in 1936 across 328 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#85Lilaoutside the national top 200
#42Myrna#149 nationally
#92Verna#189 nationally
#51Dick#141 nationally
#63Pat#152 nationally
#28Duane#110 nationally
#51Karen#132 nationally
#82Delbert#163 nationally
#60Darrell#133 nationally
#96Jon#168 nationally
#12Darlene#83 nationally
#99Viola#165 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley212US #2
#2Mary184US #1
#3Patricia118US #5
#4Betty109US #4
#5Barbara103US #3
#6Carol92US #10
#7Donna85US #22
#8Dorothy83US #6
#9Joan74US #7
#10Beverly73US #17
#11Helen67US #11
#12Darlene64US #83
#13Marlene64US #39
#14Margaret62US #9
#15Marilyn62US #13
#16Joyce58US #12
#17Nancy56US #8
#18Ruth48US #16
#19Dolores45US #30
#20Jean44US #20
#21Lois44US #26
#22Alice43US #27
#23Frances42US #19
#24Marjorie39US #49
#25Bonnie38US #65
#26Doris36US #15
#27Phyllis36US #25
#28Sharon36US #60
#29Virginia36US #14
#30Janet33US #21
#31Roberta30US #64
#32Rose30US #37
#33Delores29US #58
#34Evelyn29US #34
#35Joanne29US #48
#36Arlene28US #54
#37Elizabeth28US #18
#38June28US #62
#39Sandra28US #38
#40Janice27US #31
#41Joann27US #55
#42Myrna27US #149
#43Carolyn26US #23
#44Gloria25US #32
#45Kay23US #98
#46Charlotte22US #61
#47Geraldine22US #41
#48Loretta22US #70
#49Ann21US #28
#50Irene21US #57
#51Karen21US #132
#52Patsy21US #52
#53Marian20US #114
#54Marie20US #33
#55Norma20US #29
#56Wilma20US #78
#57Carole19US #73
#58Eileen19US #103
#59Peggy19US #35
#60Gladys18US #84
#61Kathleen18US #67
#62Lorraine18US #76
#63Pat18US #152
#64Jo17US #72
#65Margie17US #102
#66Mildred17US #40
#67Rita17US #69
#68Yvonne17US #81
#69Florence16US #80
#70Maxine16US #127
#71Sally16US #59
#72Anna15US #36
#73Clara15US #91
#74Eleanor15US #47
#75Jacqueline15US #66
#76Jeanne15US #141
#77Katherine15US #100
#78Louise15US #46
#79Connie14US #134
#80Diane14US #112
#81Edith14US #87
#82Gail14US #101
#83Ruby14US #51
#84Charlene13US #145
#85Lila13
#86Elaine12US #50
#87Hazel12US #96
#88Lillian12US #79
#89Lucille12US #92
#90Pauline12US #82
#91Sylvia12US #53
#92Verna12US #189
#93Vivian12US #115
#94Edna11US #71
#95Jane11US #42
#96Judith11US #43
#97Marcia11US #138
#98Sheila11US #157
#99Viola11US #165
#100Bernice10US #95

Boys

#1Robert284US #1
#2John211US #3
#3James199US #2
#4Donald182US #7
#5William151US #4
#6Richard125US #5
#7David92US #10
#8Charles89US #6
#9George83US #9
#10Ronald80US #12
#11Gary79US #38
#12Jack76US #20
#13Thomas76US #8
#14Kenneth68US #14
#15Jerry61US #18
#16Larry58US #25
#17Gerald49US #19
#18Don48US #51
#19Edward47US #13
#20Joseph46US #11
#21Frank43US #16
#22Raymond43US #17
#23Arthur35US #30
#24Harold34US #21
#25Jim34US #85
#26Albert33US #34
#27Bill33US #61
#28Duane33US #110
#29Marvin32US #49
#30Lawrence31US #37
#31Leonard31US #54
#32Paul31US #15
#33Walter31US #26
#34Howard30US #40
#35Wayne30US #45
#36Roger29US #35
#37Dale28US #59
#38Gordon28US #75
#39Leroy28US #57
#40Michael28US #33
#41Carl26US #27
#42Joe26US #23
#43Roy26US #42
#44Bruce25US #73
#45Earl25US #47
#46Eugene24US #29
#47Clarence23US #52
#48Gene23US #66
#49Harry23US #39
#50Melvin22US #53
#51Dick21US #141
#52Lloyd21US #88
#53Ralph20US #31
#54Ray20US #65
#55Stanley20US #58
#56Daniel19US #41
#57Henry19US #28
#58Norman19US #43
#59Russell19US #69
#60Darrell18US #133
#61Lee18US #76
#62Vernon18US #93
#63Clifford17US #90
#64Fred17US #36
#65Bob16US #77
#66Douglas16US #78
#67Ernest16US #55
#68Francis16US #50
#69Glen16US #119
#70Glenn16US #80
#71Patrick16US #100
#72Dennis15US #74
#73Peter15US #56
#74Tom15US #112
#75Bernard14US #68
#76Theodore14US #87
#77Alan13US #108
#78Keith13US #122
#79Leslie13US #128
#80Alfred12US #60
#81Billy12US #22
#82Delbert12US #163
#83Harvey12US #97
#84Philip12US #63
#85Tommy12US #91
#86Alvin11US #96
#87Edwin11US #84
#88Elmer11US #121
#89Gilbert11US #113
#90Jimmy11US #46
#91Leo11US #94
#92Wesley11US #145
#93Willard11US #136
#94Allen10US #81
#95Floyd10US #86
#96Jon10US #168
#97Louis10US #44
#98Terry10US #126
#99Clyde9US #89
#100Eddie9US #79

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑55Kay#45
↑54Duane#28
↑46Gordon#38
↑44June#38
↑42Myrna#42
↑36Albert#26
↑35Loretta#48
↑35Jo#64

Falling

↓45Sylvia#91
↓40Fred#64
↓39Edna#94
↓30Tom#74
↓30Alvin#86
↓29Lorraine#62
↓28Bob#65
↓26Florence#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.