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Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,463 Montana births in 1944 across 337 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#71Terryoutside the national top 200
#77Sandyoutside the national top 200
#84Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#90Colleenoutside the national top 200
#76Penny#180 nationally
#80Leslie#182 nationally
#49Dan#144 nationally
#86Paulette#164 nationally
#61Dean#134 nationally
#88Wesley#159 nationally
#91Neil#161 nationally
#85Pat#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary192US #1
#2Linda149US #3
#3Sharon143US #8
#4Carol139US #5
#5Judy106US #12
#6Patricia103US #4
#7Sandra97US #6
#8Barbara94US #2
#9Karen90US #16
#10Donna85US #17
#11Judith83US #9
#12Shirley82US #15
#13Betty75US #10
#14Nancy68US #7
#15Susan63US #13
#16Bonnie60US #34
#17Marilyn60US #27
#18Margaret55US #14
#19Kathleen49US #20
#20Carolyn46US #11
#21Janet46US #21
#22Diane45US #24
#23Cheryl44US #36
#24Helen44US #31
#25Darlene42US #76
#26Janice39US #28
#27Dorothy37US #19
#28Connie36US #51
#29Joan36US #22
#30Joyce36US #18
#31Jean35US #37
#32Beverly34US #35
#33Virginia30US #26
#34Alice28US #38
#35Frances28US #33
#36Ruth28US #32
#37Lois27US #47
#38Diana26US #60
#39Gloria26US #25
#40Phyllis26US #40
#41Arlene25US #101
#42Peggy25US #45
#43Carole24US #43
#44Roberta24US #70
#45Charlotte23US #50
#46Kay23US #88
#47Irene22US #91
#48Marjorie21US #85
#49Pamela21US #44
#50Katherine20US #77
#51Loretta19US #98
#52Sally19US #59
#53Charlene18US #109
#54Evelyn18US #57
#55Sue18US #62
#56Doris17US #42
#57Marcia17US #89
#58Sherry17US #100
#59Catherine16US #49
#60Claudia16US #120
#61Elizabeth16US #23
#62Kathryn16US #68
#63Kathy16US #110
#64Ann15US #39
#65Ellen15US #63
#66Jane15US #41
#67Joanne15US #55
#68Patsy15US #72
#69Sheila15US #103
#70Rita14US #54
#71Terry14
#72Dolores13US #92
#73Elaine13US #46
#74Gail13US #56
#75Lynn13US #116
#76Penny13US #180
#77Sandy13
#78Wanda13US #58
#79Jo12US #61
#80Leslie12US #182
#81Marie12US #48
#82Marlene12US #106
#83Martha12US #29
#84Myrna12
#85Pat12US #154
#86Paulette12US #164
#87Suzanne12US #78
#88Anita11US #95
#89Clara11US #134
#90Colleen11
#91Lorraine11US #93
#92Norma11US #66
#93Vicki11US #161
#94Delores10US #97
#95Edith10US #123
#96Eva10US #148
#97Julia10US #102
#98Julie10US #162
#99Sylvia10US #83
#100Wilma10US #125

Boys

#1Robert275US #2
#2James245US #1
#3John244US #3
#4Richard201US #5
#5William173US #4
#6Gary152US #15
#7David135US #6
#8Ronald114US #10
#9Donald108US #11
#10Larry107US #12
#11Charles103US #7
#12Thomas92US #8
#13Michael78US #9
#14Kenneth76US #16
#15Dennis71US #20
#16Jerry71US #19
#17George69US #14
#18Jack54US #30
#19Edward52US #18
#20Douglas48US #34
#21Daniel46US #25
#22Gerald46US #24
#23Terry45US #43
#24Raymond44US #22
#25Roger39US #23
#26Joseph38US #13
#27Jim37US #68
#28Roy35US #39
#29Wayne35US #37
#30Patrick34US #64
#31Bill33US #66
#32Eugene30US #48
#33Paul30US #17
#34Frank29US #21
#35Bruce28US #51
#36Harold28US #27
#37Tom28US #87
#38Mike26US #80
#39Albert24US #44
#40Dale24US #61
#41Clifford23US #99
#42Fred23US #47
#43Bob22US #109
#44Don22US #72
#45Melvin22US #67
#46Walter22US #26
#47Arthur21US #29
#48Carl20US #36
#49Dan20US #144
#50Joe20US #33
#51Marvin20US #75
#52Danny19US #76
#53Lawrence19US #32
#54Russell19US #63
#55Stanley18US #57
#56Steven18US #52
#57Warren18US #100
#58Alvin17US #115
#59Leonard17US #56
#60Ronnie17US #69
#61Dean16US #134
#62Glenn16US #88
#63Gordon16US #105
#64Leo16US #132
#65Ralph16US #42
#66Vernon16US #119
#67Alan15US #55
#68Earl15US #65
#69Jay15US #136
#70Leroy15US #78
#71Peter15US #40
#72Rodney15US #123
#73Allen14US #77
#74Lee14US #85
#75Lloyd14US #102
#76Mark14US #93
#77Ray14US #86
#78Stephen14US #28
#79Theodore14US #96
#80Duane13US #135
#81Gene13US #95
#82Anthony12US #46
#83Clarence12US #74
#84Harry12US #49
#85Jon12US #122
#86Leslie12US #114
#87Timothy12US #92
#88Wesley12US #159
#89Darrell11US #133
#90Jimmy11US #41
#91Neil11US #161
#92Philip11US #60
#93Steve11US #89
#94Victor11US #107
#95Billy10US #38
#96Clyde10US #111
#97Dave10US #163
#98Ernest10US #59
#99Henry10US #35
#100Howard10US #53

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑66Roy#28
↑42Katherine#50
↑39Steven#56
↑38Marcia#57
↑38Eugene#32
↑37Kathy#63
↑31Kathryn#62
↑30Arlene#41

Falling

↓53Henry#99
↓50Howard#100
↓34Ernest#98
↓33Elaine#73
↓32Sylvia#99
↓31Lorraine#91
↓27Harry#84
↓26Ralph#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.