State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,202 Montana births in 1947 across 410 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#57Colleenoutside the national top 200
#88Pattyoutside the national top 200
#97Deannaoutside the national top 200
#82Rick#183 nationally
#54Terry#135 nationally
#55Duane#135 nationally
#49Julie#124 nationally
#70Penny#142 nationally
#87Ted#157 nationally
#32Vicki#101 nationally
#94Wesley#163 nationally
#47Bob#115 nationally

Girls

#1Linda441US #1
#2Mary221US #2
#3Sharon157US #9
#4Carol155US #6
#5Patricia154US #3
#6Barbara142US #4
#7Sandra140US #5
#8Karen135US #13
#9Susan126US #8
#10Donna124US #10
#11Judy114US #14
#12Nancy114US #7
#13Diane85US #18
#14Judith85US #12
#15Margaret84US #16
#16Cheryl79US #24
#17Kathleen78US #11
#18Bonnie66US #35
#19Shirley64US #19
#20Betty62US #17
#21Connie62US #43
#22Janice59US #22
#23Marilyn55US #29
#24Janet54US #23
#25Diana50US #48
#26Jane45US #36
#27Pamela43US #28
#28Beverly42US #31
#29Joyce41US #20
#30Kathy40US #64
#31Roberta40US #90
#32Vicki40US #101
#33Carolyn39US #15
#34Dorothy39US #26
#35Gloria39US #27
#36Peggy36US #42
#37Virginia36US #34
#38Joan35US #30
#39Darlene34US #71
#40Helen33US #38
#41Lynn33US #75
#42Sally33US #70
#43Sherry31US #67
#44Elizabeth30US #25
#45Phyllis30US #37
#46Elaine29US #50
#47Lois29US #63
#48Alice28US #47
#49Julie27US #124
#50Ruth27US #44
#51Lynda26US #77
#52Rose26US #65
#53Jean25US #40
#54Terry25US #135
#55Marie24US #57
#56Ann23US #41
#57Colleen23
#58Frances23US #39
#59Gail23US #49
#60Jo23US #51
#61Sheila23US #73
#62Catherine22US #46
#63Charlotte22US #68
#64Cynthia22US #33
#65Dianne22US #83
#66Laura22US #74
#67Sue22US #69
#68Jeanne21US #86
#69Marcia21US #81
#70Penny21US #142
#71Suzanne21US #53
#72Charlene20US #105
#73Georgia20US #129
#74Loretta20US #113
#75Anita19US #94
#76Claudia19US #122
#77Geraldine19US #78
#78Kathryn19US #55
#79Marjorie19US #106
#80Marlene19US #114
#81Paula19US #54
#82Joanne18US #56
#83Patsy18US #87
#84Rita18US #60
#85Gayle17US #127
#86Katherine17US #76
#87Kay17US #104
#88Patty17
#89Jacqueline16US #59
#90Joann16US #89
#91Marsha16US #88
#92Deborah15US #62
#93Norma15US #82
#94Toni15US #155
#95Victoria15US #123
#96Andrea14US #126
#97Deanna14
#98Edna14US #131
#99Eileen14US #91
#100Ellen14US #61

Boys

#1John403US #3
#2Robert366US #2
#3James315US #1
#4Richard274US #5
#5William226US #4
#6David211US #6
#7Gary209US #12
#8Michael188US #7
#9Ronald159US #11
#10Thomas154US #8
#11Larry148US #10
#12Donald144US #13
#13Dennis142US #17
#14Charles122US #9
#15Kenneth118US #15
#16Jerry78US #20
#17George77US #16
#18Edward75US #19
#19Daniel74US #22
#20Terry72US #26
#21Douglas67US #31
#22Paul66US #18
#23Gerald61US #28
#24Patrick57US #53
#25Steven57US #24
#26Joseph51US #14
#27Bruce49US #29
#28Stephen48US #21
#29Wayne46US #30
#30Dale44US #63
#31Roger44US #25
#32Jim43US #77
#33Frank41US #23
#34Harold38US #35
#35Jack36US #37
#36Timothy36US #52
#37Mark35US #47
#38Lawrence34US #32
#39Raymond34US #27
#40Steve33US #58
#41Arthur32US #38
#42Bill32US #76
#43Leonard32US #71
#44Allen31US #73
#45Danny31US #39
#46Roy31US #48
#47Bob30US #115
#48Gregory30US #33
#49Mike29US #65
#50Joe28US #43
#51Russell28US #69
#52Don27US #86
#53Ralph27US #50
#54Melvin26US #85
#55Duane25US #135
#56Alan24US #45
#57Dan24US #109
#58Fred23US #56
#59Rodney23US #94
#60Howard22US #62
#61Keith22US #91
#62Leslie22US #124
#63Walter22US #34
#64Brian21US #95
#65Stanley21US #67
#66Clifford20US #101
#67Martin20US #90
#68Marvin20US #89
#69Ernest19US #75
#70Glenn19US #70
#71Randy19US #116
#72Tom19US #87
#73Carl18US #40
#74Clarence18US #88
#75Gordon18US #111
#76Jay18US #119
#77Norman18US #81
#78Ray18US #97
#79Darrell17US #125
#80Eugene17US #59
#81Leroy17US #98
#82Rick17US #183
#83Earl16US #83
#84Harry16US #54
#85Lee16US #92
#86Ronnie16US #61
#87Ted16US #157
#88Allan15US #132
#89Alvin15US #129
#90Barry15US #68
#91Gene15US #103
#92Henry15US #46
#93Theodore15US #102
#94Wesley15US #163
#95Louis14US #64
#96Peter14US #36
#97Scott14US #139
#98Warren14US #108
#99Albert13US #55
#100Dave13US #155

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑41Lynda#51
↑39Dan#57
↑36Bob#47
↑34Timothy#36
↑34Danny#45
↑33Lynn#41
↑32Julie#49
↑31Kathy#30

Falling

↓51Dave#100
↓41Rita#84
↓36Ellen#100
↓32Kathryn#78
↓31Katherine#86
↓31Tom#72
↓30Eugene#80
↓29Marcia#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.