State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,653 Montana births in 1939 across 363 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#86Gayleoutside the national top 200
#57Dick#169 nationally
#35Myrna#144 nationally
#64Dixie#169 nationally
#96Eldonoutside the national top 200
#99Loren#200 nationally
#84Delbert#174 nationally
#86Lyle#175 nationally
#37Duane#118 nationally
#56Deanna#133 nationally
#88Everett#163 nationally
#70Pat#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary165US #1
#2Sharon165US #23
#3Barbara141US #2
#4Patricia137US #3
#5Carol130US #6
#6Shirley109US #5
#7Donna105US #20
#8Betty97US #4
#9Margaret70US #10
#10Dorothy68US #9
#11Beverly65US #25
#12Sandra63US #13
#13Darlene62US #75
#14Karen61US #39
#15Nancy59US #7
#16Joan56US #11
#17Helen55US #16
#18Judith54US #8
#19Judy53US #28
#20Joyce50US #12
#21Janet46US #17
#22Alice43US #31
#23Marilyn42US #19
#24Marlene42US #64
#25Janice41US #24
#26Jean41US #32
#27Virginia40US #21
#28Arlene38US #69
#29Bonnie36US #61
#30Elizabeth36US #18
#31Roberta36US #71
#32Charlotte35US #66
#33Joanne33US #53
#34Joann31US #57
#35Myrna31US #144
#36Phyllis31US #30
#37Carolyn29US #14
#38Doris28US #29
#39Rose28US #42
#40Diane27US #51
#41Lois27US #35
#42Patsy27US #56
#43Delores25US #79
#44Elaine25US #45
#45Kay25US #76
#46Linda25US #15
#47Norma25US #38
#48Frances24US #26
#49Gloria24US #36
#50Evelyn23US #40
#51Geraldine23US #41
#52Marjorie23US #60
#53Martha23US #27
#54Anna22US #43
#55Ann20US #33
#56Deanna20US #133
#57Dolores20US #58
#58Edith20US #102
#59Ruth20US #22
#60Peggy19US #34
#61Rita19US #78
#62Sally19US #52
#63Connie18US #111
#64Dixie18US #169
#65Gail18US #73
#66Jane18US #46
#67Laura18US #107
#68Loretta18US #65
#69Marie18US #37
#70Pat18US #142
#71Audrey17US #98
#72Ellen17US #80
#73Irene16US #74
#74Katherine15US #101
#75Kathleen15US #48
#76Kathryn15US #106
#77Louise15US #59
#78Billie14US #149
#79Carole14US #47
#80Esther14US #117
#81Florence14US #96
#82Jacqueline14US #72
#83June14US #83
#84Lorraine14US #95
#85Rosalie14US #114
#86Gayle13
#87Lillian13US #99
#88Sheila13US #125
#89Susan13US #44
#90Wanda13US #50
#91Diana12US #138
#92Eleanor12US #63
#93Lucille12US #110
#94Mildred12US #55
#95Nellie12US #157
#96Ruby12US #67
#97Yvonne12US #90
#98Agnes11US #162
#99Clara11US #103
#100Edna11US #81

Boys

#1Robert264US #1
#2John218US #3
#3James214US #2
#4Richard190US #5
#5William147US #4
#6Donald141US #8
#7David134US #7
#8Gary114US #21
#9Charles106US #6
#10Larry101US #14
#11Thomas87US #9
#12Ronald86US #10
#13George80US #11
#14Jack69US #26
#15Kenneth63US #13
#16Jerry60US #16
#17Gerald54US #19
#18Dale53US #59
#19Edward52US #15
#20Dennis50US #34
#21Raymond50US #22
#22Michael46US #18
#23Joseph45US #12
#24Jim43US #75
#25Frank41US #20
#26Harold39US #23
#27Fred37US #40
#28Daniel35US #38
#29Douglas35US #58
#30Lawrence34US #36
#31Roger34US #28
#32Paul33US #17
#33Wayne33US #39
#34Eugene32US #37
#35Gordon32US #82
#36Marvin32US #52
#37Duane31US #118
#38Don29US #56
#39Terry29US #83
#40Bill28US #67
#41Bob27US #89
#42Carl27US #30
#43Joe27US #27
#44Ralph26US #35
#45Russell26US #73
#46Francis25US #53
#47Leroy25US #61
#48Roy25US #42
#49Arthur23US #32
#50Leonard23US #54
#51Melvin23US #51
#52Allen22US #72
#53Howard22US #47
#54Walter22US #25
#55Rodney21US #122
#56Earl20US #50
#57Dick19US #169
#58Harry19US #45
#59Henry19US #31
#60Stanley19US #57
#61Bruce18US #64
#62Ernest18US #55
#63Patrick18US #79
#64Lloyd17US #95
#65Albert16US #41
#66Gene16US #69
#67Jimmy16US #43
#68Theodore16US #90
#69Vernon16US #100
#70Arnold15US #113
#71Herbert15US #68
#72Keith15US #117
#73Norman15US #44
#74Clifford14US #88
#75Dean14US #134
#76Jerome14US #93
#77Tom14US #97
#78Alvin13US #103
#79Bernard13US #76
#80Glenn13US #87
#81Leo13US #108
#82Mike13US #129
#83Alfred12US #70
#84Delbert12US #174
#85Edwin12US #96
#86Lyle12US #175
#87Alan11US #85
#88Everett11US #163
#89Floyd11US #94
#90Louis11US #49
#91Milton11US #128
#92Peter11US #46
#93Victor11US #119
#94Wesley11US #146
#95Clarence10US #60
#96Eldon10
#97Harvey10US #102
#98Lee10US #78
#99Loren10US #200
#100Ray10US #74

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑42Rodney#55
↑35Diane#40
↑31Laura#67
↑29Daniel#28
↑28Judith#18
↑28Judy#19
↑28Joann#34
↑27Martha#53

Falling

↓53Eleanor#92
↓48Harvey#97
↓37Rosalie#85
↓36Gene#66
↓35Marie#69
↓35Carole#79
↓32Ruth#59
↓29Lorraine#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.