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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,105 Montana births in 1941 across 359 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#27Myrna#161 nationally
#46Dick#171 nationally
#81Vernaoutside the national top 200
#96Lelandoutside the national top 200
#64Lyle#168 nationally
#75Jackie#178 nationally
#79Sherry#172 nationally
#40Duane#129 nationally
#65Dan#152 nationally
#100Gayle#187 nationally
#63Dean#143 nationally
#66Marian#142 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon206US #15
#2Mary186US #1
#3Carol148US #4
#4Patricia139US #3
#5Barbara115US #2
#6Judy114US #16
#7Donna113US #20
#8Linda98US #5
#9Sandra93US #9
#10Karen84US #19
#11Nancy82US #8
#12Betty80US #7
#13Shirley80US #10
#14Bonnie72US #33
#15Judith61US #6
#16Joyce58US #13
#17Marilyn55US #30
#18Beverly54US #29
#19Margaret54US #12
#20Dorothy52US #14
#21Joan52US #17
#22Darlene50US #76
#23Janice47US #22
#24Janet43US #18
#25Helen40US #24
#26Marlene39US #83
#27Myrna39US #161
#28Diane38US #40
#29Jean38US #32
#30Gloria37US #26
#31Lois37US #43
#32Virginia37US #23
#33Phyllis36US #35
#34Susan35US #27
#35Frances34US #31
#36Alice33US #34
#37Carolyn33US #11
#38Kay30US #70
#39Peggy30US #39
#40Connie29US #79
#41Roberta29US #72
#42Ruth29US #28
#43Elaine27US #44
#44Rita27US #63
#45Marcia26US #105
#46Norma26US #47
#47Ann24US #37
#48Carole24US #48
#49Delores23US #80
#50Joann23US #58
#51Rose23US #49
#52Kathleen22US #36
#53Patsy22US #52
#54Doris21US #38
#55Elizabeth21US #21
#56Evelyn21US #50
#57Joanne21US #54
#58Marie21US #42
#59Charlotte19US #55
#60Sally19US #61
#61Catherine18US #51
#62Ellen18US #67
#63Diana17US #100
#64Wanda17US #53
#65Loretta16US #81
#66Marian16US #142
#67Anna15US #56
#68Dolores15US #57
#69Esther15US #138
#70Marjorie15US #71
#71Pat15US #134
#72Arlene14US #77
#73Georgia14US #127
#74Geraldine14US #45
#75Jackie14US #178
#76Jacqueline14US #73
#77Jo14US #66
#78Kathryn14US #87
#79Sherry14US #172
#80Sue14US #75
#81Verna14
#82Anita13US #91
#83Deanna13US #137
#84Gail13US #68
#85Lorraine13US #93
#86Rosalie13US #152
#87Rosemary13US #94
#88Elsie12US #157
#89Irene12US #74
#90June12US #90
#91Maureen12US #129
#92Sheila12US #110
#93Wilma12US #106
#94Yvonne12US #120
#95Audrey11US #117
#96Charlene11US #125
#97Clara11US #111
#98Edith11US #103
#99Ethel11US #116
#100Gayle11US #187

Boys

#1Robert261US #2
#2James258US #1
#3John229US #3
#4William194US #4
#5Richard170US #5
#6Gary165US #19
#7David125US #7
#8Charles122US #6
#9Larry117US #11
#10Donald116US #10
#11Ronald109US #9
#12Jerry83US #14
#13Dennis74US #23
#14George74US #13
#15Thomas70US #8
#16Kenneth66US #15
#17Gerald64US #20
#18Michael63US #16
#19Jack62US #32
#20Edward56US #17
#21Paul49US #18
#22Roger47US #25
#23Frank44US #21
#24Harold41US #24
#25Joseph40US #12
#26Raymond39US #22
#27Dale36US #59
#28Daniel36US #31
#29Douglas35US #53
#30Wayne35US #37
#31Bill33US #68
#32Fred33US #43
#33Jim33US #80
#34Leroy33US #67
#35Marvin31US #63
#36Patrick31US #70
#37Arthur30US #33
#38Walter30US #26
#39Carl29US #29
#40Duane29US #129
#41Lawrence29US #34
#42Roy28US #39
#43Terry28US #64
#44Tom28US #88
#45Bruce27US #51
#46Dick25US #171
#47Don25US #66
#48Melvin24US #56
#49Clifford23US #94
#50Eugene23US #42
#51Gordon23US #92
#52Mike23US #111
#53Peter23US #44
#54Leonard22US #54
#55Ray22US #83
#56Gene21US #72
#57Henry21US #28
#58Howard21US #47
#59Joe21US #30
#60Stanley21US #57
#61Bob20US #103
#62Russell20US #75
#63Dean19US #143
#64Lyle19US #168
#65Dan18US #152
#66Allen17US #73
#67Franklin17US #98
#68Lee17US #81
#69Leslie17US #126
#70Alfred16US #74
#71Billy16US #27
#72Albert15US #40
#73Alvin15US #107
#74Darrell15US #130
#75Earl15US #58
#76Francis15US #60
#77Norman15US #49
#78Ralph15US #38
#79Rodney15US #127
#80Ronnie15US #79
#81Clarence14US #62
#82Philip14US #52
#83Harry13US #48
#84Lester13US #125
#85Neil13US #161
#86Stephen13US #41
#87Victor13US #118
#88Edwin12US #97
#89Glen12US #139
#90Jerome12US #101
#91Ted12US #156
#92Vernon12US #108
#93Barry11US #91
#94Floyd11US #102
#95Keith11US #119
#96Leland11
#97Lewis11US #109
#98Lloyd11US #96
#99Louis11US #50
#100Theodore11US #95

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑41Evelyn#56
↑39Peggy#39
↑36Dean#63
↑35Fred#32
↑33Marian#66
↑33Mike#52
↑33Dan#65
↑32Marcia#45

Falling

↓45Norman#77
↓44Irene#89
↓39Geraldine#74
↓37Theodore#100
↓35Floyd#94
↓33Ralph#78
↓31Deanna#83
↓31Audrey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.