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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,005 Montana births in 1940 across 346 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#41Myrna#150 nationally
#66Everett#168 nationally
#62Ted#159 nationally
#81Gayle#177 nationally
#78Dick#171 nationally
#52Deanna#136 nationally
#51Duane#134 nationally
#100Delbert#180 nationally
#61Rosalie#139 nationally
#54Darrell#131 nationally
#75Wallace#146 nationally
#79Charlene#145 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon220US #17
#2Mary185US #1
#3Patricia137US #3
#4Carol134US #6
#5Barbara115US #2
#6Donna100US #23
#7Shirley84US #9
#8Judy82US #16
#9Betty81US #5
#10Judith74US #4
#11Beverly72US #27
#12Sandra72US #10
#13Margaret69US #11
#14Karen65US #34
#15Linda61US #8
#16Dorothy60US #12
#17Joan60US #14
#18Nancy58US #7
#19Darlene53US #79
#20Helen52US #18
#21Bonnie51US #39
#22Joyce45US #13
#23Marilyn45US #25
#24Ruth45US #24
#25Marlene42US #80
#26Alice39US #32
#27Janice34US #22
#28Kay34US #77
#29Lois34US #38
#30Gloria33US #30
#31Frances32US #28
#32Janet32US #19
#33Jean32US #29
#34Phyllis32US #33
#35Geraldine31US #46
#36Roberta31US #71
#37Connie29US #88
#38Delores29US #83
#39Rose29US #44
#40Doris28US #31
#41Myrna28US #150
#42Joann27US #63
#43Loretta27US #69
#44Diane26US #45
#45Irene26US #73
#46Joanne26US #54
#47Carolyn25US #15
#48Marjorie25US #64
#49Ann24US #35
#50Virginia24US #21
#51Charlotte22US #55
#52Deanna22US #136
#53Diana22US #117
#54Norma22US #43
#55Elaine21US #50
#56Elizabeth21US #20
#57Marie21US #41
#58Susan21US #36
#59Gail20US #65
#60Kathleen20US #40
#61Rosalie19US #139
#62Arlene18US #75
#63Jo18US #72
#64Audrey17US #99
#65Carole17US #49
#66Dolores17US #67
#67Ellen17US #74
#68Florence17US #100
#69Martha17US #26
#70Wanda17US #52
#71Jeanette16US #90
#72Maxine16US #137
#73Patsy16US #57
#74Sheila16US #130
#75Anna15US #51
#76Jane15US #47
#77Marcia15US #112
#78Peggy15US #37
#79Charlene14US #145
#80Eileen14US #125
#81Gayle14US #177
#82Jacqueline14US #76
#83Juanita14US #78
#84Louise14US #59
#85Margie14US #114
#86Maureen14US #135
#87Sally14US #61
#88Wilma14US #93
#89Edith13US #98
#90June13US #82
#91Laura13US #108
#92Pat13US #134
#93Vivian13US #115
#94Yvonne13US #110
#95Anne12US #84
#96Elsie12US #151
#97Evelyn12US #48
#98Jeanne12US #129
#99Marian12US #142
#100Sylvia12US #62

Boys

#1Robert279US #2
#2James234US #1
#3John230US #3
#4Richard214US #5
#5William166US #4
#6Gary162US #19
#7David151US #7
#8Larry135US #13
#9Donald117US #9
#10Charles102US #6
#11Ronald97US #10
#12Thomas97US #8
#13Kenneth90US #15
#14Jerry85US #14
#15George74US #11
#16Michael63US #18
#17Edward58US #16
#18Gerald58US #21
#19Jack57US #29
#20Raymond54US #22
#21Joseph53US #12
#22Dennis51US #24
#23Roger51US #26
#24Frank49US #20
#25Dale40US #57
#26Paul40US #17
#27Jim39US #78
#28Wayne39US #39
#29Eugene38US #38
#30Bill36US #67
#31Don35US #62
#32Norman35US #48
#33Daniel34US #34
#34Douglas32US #56
#35Joe32US #28
#36Lawrence31US #36
#37Walter30US #25
#38Arthur27US #33
#39Harold27US #23
#40Roy27US #42
#41Terry27US #73
#42Gordon26US #91
#43Marvin26US #63
#44Bruce25US #55
#45Ralph25US #37
#46Melvin24US #53
#47Clifford22US #94
#48Tom22US #92
#49Bob21US #99
#50Clarence21US #64
#51Duane21US #134
#52Patrick21US #74
#53Stanley21US #59
#54Darrell20US #131
#55Harry20US #47
#56Leonard20US #54
#57Albert19US #41
#58Allen19US #71
#59Floyd19US #103
#60Henry19US #31
#61Leroy18US #66
#62Ted18US #159
#63Theodore18US #90
#64Alfred17US #69
#65Earl17US #52
#66Everett17US #168
#67Fred17US #40
#68Howard17US #45
#69Ray17US #77
#70Carl16US #32
#71Harvey16US #98
#72Lee16US #80
#73Lloyd16US #100
#74Russell16US #72
#75Wallace16US #146
#76Alan15US #88
#77Bernard15US #82
#78Dick15US #171
#79Leo15US #112
#80Warren15US #110
#81Allan14US #115
#82Edwin14US #96
#83Francis14US #61
#84Gene14US #70
#85Mike14US #122
#86Ernest13US #58
#87Jay13US #139
#88Leon13US #89
#89Martin13US #85
#90Rodney13US #133
#91Steve13US #121
#92Johnny12US #51
#93Lester12US #116
#94Ronnie12US #101
#95Victor12US #120
#96Alvin11US #106
#97Arnold11US #118
#98Dan11US #155
#99Dean11US #143
#100Delbert11US #180

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑45Clarence#50
↑41Norman#32
↑38Diana#53
↑35Ruth#24
↑31Linda#15
↑31Susan#58
↑31Ray#69
↑30Floyd#59

Falling

↓47Evelyn#97
↓40Fred#67
↓37Francis#83
↓35Rodney#90
↓34Arlene#62
↓31Patsy#73
↓31Edith#89
↓29Russell#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.