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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,012 Montana births in 1937 across 345 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#29Myrna#137 nationally
#94Orvilleoutside the national top 200
#49Dick#153 nationally
#74Violet#177 nationally
#71Leona#173 nationally
#57Pat#147 nationally
#80Lyle#167 nationally
#99Lynn#186 nationally
#73Dan#149 nationally
#86Delbert#161 nationally
#39Karen#113 nationally
#42Duane#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary177US #1
#2Shirley149US #4
#3Barbara126US #2
#4Donna115US #21
#5Patricia115US #3
#6Betty113US #5
#7Carol110US #6
#8Dorothy72US #8
#9Sharon64US #41
#10Joan62US #9
#11Beverly60US #14
#12Darlene59US #72
#13Margaret59US #10
#14Marlene59US #40
#15Virginia53US #16
#16Marilyn52US #13
#17Lois46US #29
#18Helen45US #12
#19Marjorie44US #57
#20Joyce42US #11
#21Nancy40US #7
#22Phyllis39US #27
#23Frances38US #19
#24Alice37US #28
#25Ruth37US #15
#26Arlene36US #60
#27Roberta33US #66
#28Evelyn32US #36
#29Myrna32US #137
#30Jean31US #23
#31Dolores30US #37
#32Kay30US #79
#33Sandra30US #26
#34Joann29US #58
#35Bonnie28US #64
#36Doris28US #22
#37Janet28US #18
#38Elizabeth27US #17
#39Karen27US #113
#40Peggy26US #31
#41Carole25US #56
#42Rose25US #38
#43Sally25US #59
#44Charlotte24US #67
#45Norma24US #33
#46Delores23US #68
#47Carolyn21US #20
#48Gloria21US #32
#49Marie21US #35
#50Anna20US #39
#51June20US #71
#52Elaine19US #45
#53Janice19US #25
#54Joanne19US #51
#55Loretta19US #63
#56Judith18US #34
#57Pat18US #147
#58Patsy18US #54
#59Yvonne18US #77
#60Ann17US #30
#61Audrey17US #85
#62Edna17US #74
#63Florence16US #81
#64Kathleen16US #61
#65Lorraine16US #83
#66Marian16US #129
#67Diane15US #76
#68Eleanor15US #53
#69Grace15US #94
#70Laura15US #105
#71Leona15US #173
#72Louise15US #48
#73Sylvia15US #50
#74Violet15US #177
#75Charlene14US #141
#76Georgia14US #132
#77Geraldine14US #44
#78Anita13US #93
#79Anne13US #92
#80Billie13US #126
#81Esther13US #116
#82Judy13US #91
#83Linda13US #49
#84Martha13US #24
#85Vivian13US #127
#86Edith12US #96
#87Irene12US #62
#88Jacqueline12US #70
#89Jeanette12US #90
#90Jo12US #73
#91Clara11US #100
#92Ellen11US #102
#93Elsie11US #125
#94Gladys11US #86
#95Jane11US #42
#96Josephine11US #82
#97Juanita11US #75
#98Katherine11US #103
#99Kathryn11US #108
#100Lillian11US #84

Boys

#1Robert282US #1
#2James217US #2
#3John187US #3
#4Richard184US #5
#5William159US #4
#6Donald157US #7
#7Charles99US #6
#8Larry83US #16
#9Ronald82US #11
#10David80US #8
#11Gary79US #29
#12Kenneth75US #14
#13George71US #10
#14Thomas65US #9
#15Gerald64US #20
#16Raymond60US #19
#17Jack57US #23
#18Jerry57US #17
#19Edward54US #13
#20Jim47US #82
#21Frank46US #18
#22Paul43US #15
#23Gordon40US #75
#24Harold39US #21
#25Bob37US #81
#26Joseph34US #12
#27Marvin33US #49
#28Bill32US #64
#29Joe31US #25
#30Roger31US #36
#31Dale30US #59
#32Leroy30US #56
#33Eugene29US #33
#34Wayne29US #44
#35Daniel28US #39
#36Gene28US #61
#37Lawrence28US #38
#38Dennis27US #63
#39Leonard27US #58
#40Walter27US #26
#41Don26US #51
#42Duane26US #115
#43Carl25US #28
#44Ralph25US #34
#45Bruce24US #70
#46Michael24US #27
#47Roy24US #40
#48Arthur23US #31
#49Dick23US #153
#50Norman23US #43
#51Fred22US #35
#52Russell22US #67
#53Glenn20US #88
#54Howard20US #42
#55Louis20US #46
#56Melvin20US #50
#57Earl19US #48
#58Lee18US #78
#59Philip18US #62
#60Bernard17US #73
#61Lloyd17US #91
#62Martin17US #87
#63Tom17US #108
#64Vernon17US #96
#65Allen16US #76
#66Darrell16US #130
#67Dean16US #127
#68Edwin16US #89
#69Francis16US #55
#70Harry16US #41
#71Patrick16US #94
#72Clarence15US #54
#73Dan15US #149
#74Ray15US #71
#75Stanley15US #57
#76Clifford14US #90
#77Glen14US #122
#78Henry14US #30
#79Keith14US #123
#80Lyle14US #167
#81Theodore14US #86
#82Albert13US #37
#83Billy13US #22
#84Ernest13US #53
#85Allan12US #124
#86Delbert12US #161
#87Douglas12US #74
#88Floyd12US #80
#89Herbert12US #65
#90Victor12US #117
#91Elmer11US #120
#92Everett11US #156
#93Leo11US #97
#94Orville11
#95Bobby10US #24
#96Clyde10US #93
#97Curtis10US #109
#98Jerome10US #100
#99Lynn10US #186
#100Mike10US #168

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑42Louis#55
↑40Judith#56
↑40Bob#25
↑34Elaine#52
↑34Dennis#38
↑32Edna#62
↑29Allen#65
↑28Sally#43

Falling

↓56Albert#82
↓37Irene#87
↓34Gladys#94
↓30Geraldine#77
↓26Jo#90
↓25Arthur#48
↓25Clarence#72
↓23Don#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.