State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,436 Montana births in 1946 across 381 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#69Colleenoutside the national top 200
#49Dave#160 nationally
#91Patoutside the national top 200
#67Sheryl#165 nationally
#93Patty#191 nationally
#48Terry#143 nationally
#76Penny#163 nationally
#87Wesley#167 nationally
#71Duane#142 nationally
#63Dean#132 nationally
#72Gayle#141 nationally
#82Pat#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary240US #1
#2Linda209US #2
#3Carol166US #5
#4Patricia161US #3
#5Sharon145US #9
#6Sandra126US #6
#7Barbara125US #4
#8Susan117US #8
#9Judy111US #11
#10Karen103US #15
#11Donna102US #13
#12Nancy91US #7
#13Judith85US #10
#14Margaret76US #17
#15Bonnie71US #33
#16Cheryl69US #27
#17Diana67US #42
#18Diane66US #19
#19Betty65US #14
#20Janet60US #21
#21Marilyn58US #29
#22Janice52US #22
#23Kathleen52US #16
#24Shirley51US #18
#25Connie43US #45
#26Helen40US #36
#27Joan38US #28
#28Virginia38US #31
#29Darlene37US #71
#30Jean36US #37
#31Beverly35US #30
#32Dorothy35US #23
#33Gloria34US #26
#34Joyce34US #20
#35Carolyn32US #12
#36Sherry32US #73
#37Elizabeth28US #25
#38Pamela28US #34
#39Roberta27US #86
#40Marcia26US #89
#41Peggy26US #43
#42Phyllis25US #41
#43Rita25US #56
#44Doris24US #51
#45Jane23US #35
#46Kathryn23US #63
#47Lois23US #55
#48Terry23US #143
#49Carole22US #72
#50Jeanne22US #83
#51Sally22US #67
#52Alice21US #44
#53Ann21US #40
#54Dianne21US #76
#55Katherine21US #78
#56Ruth21US #38
#57Charlotte20US #64
#58Elaine20US #47
#59Jo20US #53
#60Charlene19US #107
#61Kathy19US #79
#62Sue19US #61
#63Vicki19US #108
#64Ellen18US #58
#65Marie18US #54
#66Marlene18US #112
#67Sheryl18US #165
#68Theresa18US #96
#69Colleen17
#70Eileen17US #80
#71Patsy17US #85
#72Gayle16US #141
#73Kay16US #101
#74Lynn16US #94
#75Marjorie16US #106
#76Penny16US #163
#77Rose16US #60
#78Sylvia16US #82
#79Frances15US #39
#80Georgia15US #123
#81Julie15US #128
#82Pat15US #147
#83Sheila15US #70
#84Suzanne15US #52
#85Catherine14US #48
#86Gail14US #49
#87Irene14US #102
#88Jacqueline14US #62
#89Janis14US #134
#90Joanne14US #57
#91Laura14US #75
#92Lynda14US #109
#93Patty14US #191
#94Anita13US #84
#95Evelyn13US #65
#96Joann13US #90
#97Leslie13US #130
#98Wanda13US #59
#99Yvonne13US #118
#100Billie12US #164

Boys

#1James319US #1
#2Robert319US #2
#3John291US #3
#4William229US #4
#5Gary220US #12
#6Richard219US #5
#7David198US #6
#8Michael147US #7
#9Dennis143US #17
#10Ronald136US #10
#11Donald135US #13
#12Larry133US #11
#13Thomas123US #8
#14Kenneth108US #15
#15Jerry83US #20
#16Charles82US #9
#17Terry73US #26
#18Jack57US #35
#19George55US #16
#20Gerald54US #27
#21Daniel52US #21
#22Bruce51US #32
#23Douglas50US #34
#24Roger50US #23
#25Edward48US #19
#26Joseph48US #14
#27Paul46US #18
#28Wayne45US #29
#29Jim43US #73
#30Frank40US #22
#31Raymond39US #25
#32Dale37US #62
#33Bill34US #72
#34Lawrence34US #31
#35Patrick33US #59
#36Mike32US #64
#37Russell31US #66
#38Alan30US #49
#39Don30US #79
#40Walter29US #30
#41Tom28US #87
#42Leonard27US #67
#43Harold26US #33
#44Rodney26US #93
#45Mark25US #58
#46Ralph25US #48
#47Roy25US #43
#48Allen24US #74
#49Dave24US #160
#50Eugene24US #57
#51Arthur22US #36
#52Carl22US #39
#53Stephen22US #24
#54Steve22US #69
#55Steven22US #28
#56Clifford21US #100
#57Gordon21US #111
#58Joe21US #37
#59Ray20US #95
#60Melvin19US #86
#61Philip19US #61
#62Clarence18US #89
#63Dean18US #132
#64Jay18US #115
#65Jon18US #117
#66Lee18US #91
#67Lloyd18US #106
#68Norman18US #76
#69Ronnie18US #54
#70Timothy18US #60
#71Duane17US #142
#72Gregory17US #56
#73Darrell16US #131
#74Fred16US #51
#75Gene16US #98
#76Keith16US #96
#77Marvin16US #88
#78Albert15US #52
#79Danny15US #46
#80Howard15US #55
#81Anthony14US #44
#82Bernard14US #102
#83Bob14US #107
#84Glenn14US #81
#85Harvey14US #125
#86Randy14US #148
#87Wesley14US #167
#88Herbert13US #97
#89Leslie13US #119
#90Lynn13US #154
#91Pat13
#92Peter13US #38
#93Stanley13US #65
#94Vernon13US #130
#95Brian12US #103
#96Dan12US #116
#97Floyd12US #121
#98Harry12US #50
#99Barry11US #68
#100Calvin11US #128

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑46Dianne#54
↑43Pamela#38
↑42Steve#54
↑40Dave#49
↑38Charlene#60
↑36Jo#59
↑35Russell#37
↑31Jean#30

Falling

↓42Gail#86
↓41Evelyn#95
↓38Frances#79
↓37Peter#92
↓34Sheila#83
↓34Marvin#77
↓33Bob#83
↓30Harry#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.