State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,270 Montana births in 1938 across 354 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#94Patoutside the national top 200
#59Dick#165 nationally
#100Byronoutside the national top 200
#76Dixie#167 nationally
#92Lyle#183 nationally
#95Caroline#181 nationally
#31Deanna#115 nationally
#82Faye#162 nationally
#56Myrna#134 nationally
#38Duane#114 nationally
#93Mark#166 nationally
#89Joy#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary178US #1
#2Barbara127US #2
#3Patricia114US #3
#4Shirley109US #5
#5Sharon106US #30
#6Betty101US #4
#7Carol99US #6
#8Donna97US #20
#9Beverly85US #18
#10Dorothy72US #8
#11Darlene63US #76
#12Joyce60US #11
#13Margaret55US #9
#14Marlene53US #51
#15Joan52US #10
#16Helen51US #13
#17Jean50US #27
#18Marilyn49US #19
#19Virginia45US #22
#20Phyllis44US #28
#21Karen39US #50
#22Lois39US #33
#23Sandra39US #14
#24Arlene38US #63
#25Janet36US #16
#26Nancy36US #7
#27Ruth35US #21
#28Janice32US #24
#29Delores31US #75
#30Marjorie31US #53
#31Deanna30US #115
#32Elaine30US #42
#33Frances30US #23
#34Marie29US #37
#35Roberta29US #73
#36Alice28US #29
#37Charlotte27US #70
#38Doris27US #25
#39Eleanor26US #60
#40Elizabeth26US #17
#41Gloria26US #36
#42Kay26US #81
#43Bonnie25US #65
#44Carole25US #46
#45Norma25US #34
#46Judith24US #12
#47Judy24US #41
#48Rosalie24US #66
#49Carolyn23US #15
#50Evelyn23US #38
#51Geraldine23US #45
#52Rose23US #39
#53Ann22US #32
#54Connie22US #110
#55Lorraine22US #93
#56Myrna21US #134
#57Dolores20US #43
#58Joanne20US #57
#59Loretta19US #62
#60Patsy19US #55
#61Jo18US #78
#62Joann18US #68
#63Kathleen18US #58
#64Linda18US #31
#65Ethel17US #94
#66Peggy17US #35
#67Sylvia17US #56
#68Esther16US #120
#69Florence16US #90
#70Irene16US #72
#71Jane16US #44
#72Lillian16US #88
#73Anita15US #99
#74Anna15US #40
#75Diane15US #64
#76Dixie15US #167
#77Gladys15US #103
#78Jacqueline15US #69
#79June15US #79
#80Martha15US #26
#81Audrey14US #87
#82Faye14US #162
#83Gail14US #77
#84Maureen14US #144
#85Rita14US #74
#86Sally14US #54
#87Sheila14US #136
#88Ellen13US #89
#89Joy13US #159
#90Juanita13US #80
#91Louise13US #59
#92Mildred13US #52
#93Ruby13US #61
#94Bernice12US #112
#95Caroline12US #181
#96Edna12US #82
#97Grace12US #100
#98Laura12US #108
#99Margie12US #109
#100Marian12US #128

Boys

#1Robert296US #1
#2James219US #2
#3John191US #3
#4William178US #4
#5Donald153US #7
#6Richard153US #5
#7Charles114US #6
#8Gary106US #22
#9Ronald100US #10
#10Larry90US #16
#11David88US #8
#12George82US #11
#13Thomas75US #9
#14Jack74US #25
#15Kenneth72US #14
#16Jerry71US #17
#17Gerald57US #19
#18Edward47US #13
#19Joseph47US #12
#20Raymond47US #20
#21Gordon42US #78
#22Wayne40US #40
#23Dale39US #56
#24Michael37US #21
#25Frank36US #18
#26Harold36US #23
#27Lawrence34US #36
#28Roger33US #31
#29Eugene32US #33
#30Gene32US #65
#31Carl30US #29
#32Leroy30US #61
#33Bill29US #67
#34Dennis29US #49
#35Jim29US #81
#36Arthur28US #32
#37Don28US #52
#38Duane28US #114
#39Leonard28US #57
#40Walter28US #26
#41Paul27US #15
#42Bob26US #94
#43Patrick26US #88
#44Albert25US #37
#45Douglas24US #60
#46Harry24US #44
#47Joe24US #28
#48Marvin23US #53
#49Harvey22US #99
#50Ralph22US #35
#51Stanley22US #59
#52Fred21US #38
#53Howard21US #42
#54Russell21US #70
#55Bruce20US #66
#56Terry20US #86
#57Daniel19US #39
#58Roy19US #41
#59Dick18US #165
#60Keith18US #120
#61Lloyd18US #92
#62Vernon18US #103
#63Allen17US #73
#64Alvin17US #98
#65Edwin17US #90
#66Melvin17US #54
#67Norman17US #43
#68Henry16US #30
#69Martin16US #87
#70Philip16US #64
#71Clifford15US #89
#72Glenn15US #83
#73Louis15US #47
#74Alan14US #91
#75Dean14US #129
#76Ernest14US #55
#77Floyd14US #96
#78Leo14US #104
#79Tommy14US #77
#80Earl13US #50
#81Herbert13US #68
#82Theodore13US #84
#83Wesley13US #150
#84Bernard12US #75
#85Hugh12US #146
#86Lee12US #80
#87Leslie12US #135
#88Tom12US #106
#89Allan11US #119
#90Clarence11US #58
#91Glen11US #121
#92Lyle11US #183
#93Mark11US #166
#94Pat11
#95Peter11US #48
#96Ray11US #72
#97Rodney11US #133
#98Ted11US #147
#99Billy10US #24
#100Byron10

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑42Douglas#45
↑38Albert#44
↑35Judy#47
↑29Eleanor#39
↑29Jo#61
↑28Lillian#72
↑28Patrick#43
↑26Geraldine#51

Falling

↓43Sally#86
↓34Edna#96
↓34Marian#100
↓28Joann#62
↓28June#79
↓28Grace#97
↓28Laura#98
↓28Lee#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.