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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,864 Montana births in 1943 across 348 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#40Dick#188 nationally
#73Colleenoutside the national top 200
#77Patty#187 nationally
#78Lyle#185 nationally
#78Andrea#169 nationally
#54Duane#138 nationally
#81Faye#163 nationally
#80Claudia#159 nationally
#89Gayle#168 nationally
#63Dan#139 nationally
#69Dean#142 nationally
#97Paulette#166 nationally

Girls

#1Mary204US #1
#2Sharon195US #8
#3Carol144US #5
#4Barbara124US #2
#5Patricia123US #3
#6Linda117US #4
#7Karen115US #15
#8Judy114US #13
#9Sandra97US #6
#10Donna94US #17
#11Judith85US #7
#12Betty75US #10
#13Bonnie69US #34
#14Marilyn64US #27
#15Nancy63US #9
#16Shirley56US #12
#17Margaret54US #14
#18Beverly48US #32
#19Janice46US #26
#20Susan46US #18
#21Connie45US #59
#22Janet44US #20
#23Dorothy42US #19
#24Joan41US #21
#25Diane40US #24
#26Joyce39US #16
#27Gloria37US #30
#28Peggy36US #41
#29Virginia36US #25
#30Helen34US #28
#31Kathleen34US #22
#32Alice33US #38
#33Darlene33US #73
#34Doris32US #40
#35Carolyn31US #11
#36Cheryl30US #102
#37Elizabeth29US #23
#38Kay29US #81
#39Lois29US #43
#40Elaine28US #46
#41Roberta28US #66
#42Jean27US #36
#43Frances26US #31
#44Ruth26US #33
#45Carole25US #42
#46Marjorie25US #79
#47Rita25US #52
#48Rose25US #50
#49Charlotte23US #47
#50Diana23US #62
#51Gail23US #55
#52Joanne23US #49
#53Phyllis23US #39
#54Joann22US #60
#55Sally20US #57
#56Sherry20US #123
#57Evelyn19US #53
#58Sue19US #72
#59Ellen18US #67
#60Lorraine18US #94
#61Jeanne17US #113
#62Marlene17US #104
#63Ann16US #37
#64Charlene16US #121
#65Pamela16US #54
#66Sheila16US #92
#67Sylvia16US #77
#68Eileen15US #68
#69Juanita15US #91
#70Loretta15US #89
#71Arlene14US #90
#72Catherine14US #48
#73Colleen14
#74Georgia14US #119
#75Lynn14US #134
#76Patsy14US #61
#77Patty14US #187
#78Andrea13US #169
#79Anita13US #98
#80Claudia13US #159
#81Faye13US #163
#82Glenda13US #83
#83Martha13US #29
#84Wanda13US #56
#85Audrey12US #140
#86Billie12US #138
#87Delores12US #99
#88Edna12US #106
#89Gayle12US #168
#90Jo12US #63
#91June12US #111
#92Katherine12US #78
#93Kathryn12US #75
#94Louise12US #70
#95Marcia12US #96
#96Marie12US #45
#97Paulette12US #166
#98Edith11US #118
#99Geraldine11US #51
#100Kathy11US #136

Boys

#1Robert260US #2
#2John235US #3
#3James221US #1
#4William203US #4
#5Richard163US #5
#6Gary130US #16
#7David129US #6
#8Donald125US #11
#9Larry112US #12
#10Ronald111US #9
#11Charles108US #7
#12Thomas103US #8
#13Kenneth94US #15
#14Jerry81US #17
#15Dennis70US #20
#16Michael70US #10
#17Raymond62US #22
#18George61US #14
#19Douglas52US #28
#20Edward49US #18
#21Gerald47US #23
#22Frank45US #21
#23Jack45US #34
#24Daniel44US #25
#25Joseph43US #13
#26Paul42US #19
#27Bill40US #65
#28Roger39US #24
#29Terry39US #49
#30Dale35US #59
#31Jim34US #75
#32Arthur33US #30
#33Bruce32US #51
#34Harold32US #27
#35Walter32US #26
#36Fred29US #45
#37Don28US #72
#38Melvin28US #63
#39Ralph27US #40
#40Dick26US #188
#41Marvin26US #66
#42Ronnie26US #71
#43Tom26US #87
#44Norman25US #56
#45Patrick24US #69
#46Henry23US #31
#47Joe23US #35
#48Leroy23US #74
#49Wayne23US #41
#50Howard22US #48
#51Leonard22US #55
#52Stephen22US #29
#53Clifford21US #94
#54Duane21US #138
#55Gene21US #89
#56Gordon21US #98
#57Harry21US #50
#58Bob20US #110
#59Keith20US #108
#60Lawrence20US #32
#61Mike20US #90
#62Carl19US #33
#63Dan18US #139
#64Ernest18US #61
#65Russell17US #73
#66Stanley17US #54
#67Albert16US #43
#68Danny16US #88
#69Dean16US #142
#70Eugene16US #47
#71Philip16US #57
#72Theodore16US #96
#73Allen15US #76
#74Curtis15US #100
#75Earl15US #60
#76Harvey15US #111
#77Lloyd15US #104
#78Lyle15US #185
#79Mark15US #101
#80Frederick14US #70
#81Martin14US #83
#82Steve14US #93
#83Alan13US #67
#84Alvin13US #113
#85Anthony13US #44
#86Clarence13US #68
#87Jon13US #127
#88Lee13US #91
#89Leslie13US #121
#90Ray13US #84
#91Francis12US #64
#92Jerome12US #109
#93Louis12US #53
#94Roy12US #38
#95Steven12US #58
#96Vernon12US #117
#97Victor12US #97
#98Darrell11US #140
#99Rodney11US #118
#100Billy10US #37

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑32Sherry#56
↑28Dean#69
↑27Pamela#65
↑27Marvin#41
↑26Susan#20
↑26Dick#40
↑26Albert#67
↑23Sue#58

Falling

↓45Marie#96
↓45Geraldine#99
↓40Marcia#95
↓34Francis#91
↓31Eugene#70
↓30Russell#65
↓30Roy#94
↓28Ray#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.