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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,208 Montana births in 1942 across 356 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#38Myrna#190 nationally
#59Lyle#176 nationally
#66Dick#183 nationally
#87Pennyoutside the national top 200
#72Gayle#184 nationally
#74Dan#147 nationally
#90Deanna#160 nationally
#73Hazel#139 nationally
#50Laura#115 nationally
#92Ted#156 nationally
#70Duane#132 nationally
#98Julie#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary209US #1
#2Sharon197US #11
#3Carol153US #5
#4Patricia135US #3
#5Barbara130US #2
#6Judy114US #15
#7Karen109US #16
#8Sandra107US #6
#9Donna100US #20
#10Linda99US #4
#11Judith84US #7
#12Shirley80US #12
#13Betty79US #9
#14Margaret65US #14
#15Nancy64US #8
#16Bonnie61US #34
#17Marilyn60US #27
#18Kathleen46US #24
#19Beverly45US #32
#20Janet44US #19
#21Joan44US #18
#22Joyce44US #13
#23Dorothy41US #17
#24Carole40US #35
#25Helen40US #26
#26Diane37US #28
#27Janice37US #25
#28Roberta37US #66
#29Carolyn36US #10
#30Virginia35US #23
#31Gloria34US #31
#32Lois34US #44
#33Darlene33US #78
#34Jean33US #36
#35Phyllis33US #37
#36Alice32US #39
#37Connie31US #70
#38Myrna30US #190
#39Ruth30US #33
#40Diana29US #68
#41Frances29US #30
#42Jane26US #46
#43Rose26US #50
#44Kay25US #75
#45Peggy25US #42
#46Susan25US #21
#47Elizabeth24US #22
#48Marlene24US #84
#49Arlene23US #83
#50Laura22US #115
#51Marie22US #43
#52Doris20US #41
#53Elaine20US #45
#54Geraldine20US #47
#55Marcia20US #105
#56Gail19US #60
#57Joann19US #58
#58Joanne19US #48
#59Norma19US #52
#60Charlene18US #117
#61Charlotte18US #51
#62Delores18US #86
#63Sally18US #56
#64Ann17US #38
#65Dolores17US #63
#66Katherine17US #81
#67Marjorie17US #74
#68Patsy17US #57
#69Rita17US #55
#70Catherine16US #49
#71Dianne15US #109
#72Gayle15US #184
#73Hazel15US #139
#74Lorraine15US #91
#75Sheila15US #94
#76Edith14US #113
#77Jeanette14US #104
#78Jeanne14US #119
#79Kathryn14US #82
#80Rosemary14US #92
#81Sue14US #73
#82Ellen13US #64
#83Jo13US #65
#84Juanita13US #90
#85June13US #107
#86Loretta13US #79
#87Penny13
#88Sherry13US #145
#89Anna12US #59
#90Deanna12US #160
#91Eileen12US #88
#92Pamela12US #106
#93Audrey11US #120
#94Georgia11US #123
#95Gladys11US #127
#96Irene11US #80
#97Jacqueline11US #69
#98Julie11US #157
#99Martha11US #29
#100Rosalie11US #158

Boys

#1Robert309US #2
#2James270US #1
#3John246US #3
#4William218US #4
#5Gary152US #18
#6Richard143US #5
#7Ronald136US #9
#8Larry120US #12
#9David117US #6
#10Charles108US #7
#11Donald107US #10
#12Kenneth101US #15
#13Dennis86US #20
#14Michael83US #13
#15Douglas81US #23
#16George80US #14
#17Jerry80US #16
#18Thomas80US #8
#19Edward56US #17
#20Roger53US #25
#21Gerald49US #22
#22Jim49US #74
#23Joseph49US #11
#24Daniel48US #28
#25Raymond48US #24
#26Jack47US #34
#27Frank45US #21
#28Wayne40US #41
#29Terry39US #52
#30Patrick38US #64
#31Dale37US #63
#32Bill36US #65
#33Arthur35US #29
#34Joe32US #33
#35Russell32US #70
#36Paul31US #19
#37Gene29US #82
#38Lawrence29US #30
#39Eugene28US #45
#40Harold28US #27
#41Fred27US #46
#42Leonard26US #57
#43Howard25US #49
#44Leroy25US #69
#45Melvin25US #60
#46Peter25US #39
#47Tom25US #89
#48Carl24US #36
#49Harry23US #48
#50Henry23US #31
#51Norman23US #53
#52Walter22US #26
#53Bob21US #110
#54Bruce21US #50
#55Stanley21US #56
#56Don20US #72
#57Francis20US #58
#58Gordon20US #92
#59Lyle20US #176
#60Mike20US #106
#61Ralph20US #38
#62Ray19US #84
#63Ronnie19US #78
#64Roy19US #42
#65Clifford18US #95
#66Dick18US #183
#67Earl18US #62
#68Marvin17US #66
#69Stephen17US #32
#70Duane16US #132
#71Vernon16US #114
#72Alan15US #81
#73Alvin15US #115
#74Dan15US #147
#75Glenn15US #88
#76Lloyd15US #96
#77Louis15US #51
#78Alfred14US #76
#79Allen14US #71
#80Anthony14US #44
#81Billy14US #35
#82Leo14US #120
#83Martin14US #85
#84Philip14US #54
#85Theodore14US #91
#86Clarence13US #67
#87Ernest13US #61
#88Jerome13US #104
#89Lee13US #87
#90Leslie13US #127
#91Mark13US #117
#92Ted13US #156
#93Albert12US #40
#94Andrew12US #80
#95Curtis12US #98
#96Darrell12US #135
#97Dean12US #151
#98Edwin12US #105
#99Glen11US #144
#100Rodney11US #121

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑36Charlene#60
↑34Kathleen#18
↑34Harry#49
↑28Gail#56
↑28Gayle#72
↑27Russell#35
↑26Norman#51
↑25Joe#34

Falling

↓34Dean#97
↓33Marvin#68
↓30Duane#70
↓25Rita#69
↓22Marlene#48
↓22Anna#89
↓22Roy#64
↓22Darrell#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.