State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,103 Montana births in 1948 across 416 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#46Colleen#161 nationally
#92Dickoutside the national top 200
#54Dave#161 nationally
#91Lana#188 nationally
#85Carla#180 nationally
#56Sheryl#144 nationally
#55Duane#140 nationally
#59Dean#143 nationally
#90Ted#163 nationally
#31Roberta#101 nationally
#42Gordon#112 nationally
#71Gayle#141 nationally

Girls

#1Linda473US #1
#2Mary228US #2
#3Patricia175US #4
#4Susan165US #5
#5Barbara152US #3
#6Carol138US #8
#7Sandra135US #6
#8Karen133US #12
#9Sharon132US #9
#10Nancy119US #7
#11Judy100US #16
#12Donna97US #11
#13Kathleen92US #10
#14Cheryl85US #25
#15Margaret78US #13
#16Connie77US #43
#17Diane77US #19
#18Judith68US #15
#19Bonnie61US #34
#20Janice60US #23
#21Betty56US #18
#22Shirley56US #20
#23Pamela55US #22
#24Beverly52US #31
#25Janet52US #24
#26Marilyn51US #33
#27Virginia49US #36
#28Diana47US #48
#29Peggy44US #38
#30Carolyn41US #14
#31Roberta41US #101
#32Sherry40US #61
#33Helen39US #40
#34Joyce36US #21
#35Kathryn36US #54
#36Elizabeth35US #26
#37Jean35US #47
#38Katherine34US #68
#39Kathy34US #55
#40Sally34US #72
#41Darlene32US #77
#42Rita32US #59
#43Vicki32US #81
#44Dorothy31US #29
#45Joan31US #37
#46Colleen30US #161
#47Gloria30US #28
#48Cynthia29US #27
#49Ruth29US #45
#50Marcia28US #79
#51Marlene28US #109
#52Marsha27US #76
#53Gail26US #51
#54Lois26US #70
#55Lynda26US #84
#56Sheryl26US #144
#57Christine25US #35
#58Jo25US #56
#59Laura25US #73
#60Catherine24US #41
#61Phyllis24US #46
#62Wanda23US #57
#63Deborah22US #30
#64Cathy21US #104
#65Jeanne21US #95
#66Joanne21US #65
#67Terry21US #133
#68Anna20US #89
#69Charlotte20US #69
#70Elaine20US #53
#71Gayle20US #141
#72Rose20US #62
#73Anita19US #102
#74Carole19US #106
#75Doris19US #64
#76Frances19US #42
#77Lynn19US #80
#78Sheila19US #71
#79Suzanne19US #66
#80Theresa19US #63
#81Evelyn18US #74
#82Jacqueline18US #58
#83Teresa18US #82
#84Alice17US #49
#85Carla17US #180
#86Charlene17US #105
#87Eileen17US #91
#88Penny17US #153
#89Ann16US #44
#90Claudia16US #122
#91Lana16US #188
#92Marie16US #60
#93Marjorie16US #110
#94Paulette16US #123
#95Arlene15US #125
#96Constance15US #93
#97Dianne15US #86
#98Georgia15US #130
#99Jane15US #39
#100Joann15US #94

Boys

#1Robert378US #2
#2James325US #1
#3John317US #3
#4David234US #5
#5Richard230US #7
#6William221US #4
#7Michael195US #6
#8Thomas186US #8
#9Gary172US #12
#10Larry138US #11
#11Dennis131US #17
#12Ronald131US #10
#13Donald123US #14
#14Kenneth114US #15
#15Charles109US #9
#16Terry95US #26
#17Daniel85US #22
#18George75US #16
#19Patrick69US #48
#20Steven67US #23
#21Joseph65US #13
#22Dale64US #56
#23Edward64US #19
#24Douglas63US #33
#25Jerry56US #21
#26Gerald54US #30
#27Paul54US #18
#28Bruce53US #28
#29Mark50US #29
#30Stephen47US #20
#31Raymond46US #27
#32Jack45US #43
#33Timothy45US #38
#34Roger43US #24
#35Gregory40US #32
#36Mike40US #68
#37Alan38US #46
#38Jim36US #86
#39Russell35US #67
#40Keith34US #89
#41Tom34US #94
#42Gordon33US #112
#43Bill32US #84
#44Frank32US #25
#45Steve32US #60
#46Wayne32US #34
#47Carl29US #42
#48Dan26US #113
#49Lawrence26US #31
#50Fred25US #66
#51Eugene24US #61
#52Leonard24US #71
#53Allen23US #72
#54Dave23US #161
#55Duane23US #140
#56Roy23US #49
#57Don22US #91
#58Randy22US #99
#59Dean21US #143
#60Harold21US #36
#61Melvin21US #81
#62Clifford20US #105
#63Danny20US #39
#64Harry20US #57
#65Arthur19US #44
#66Craig19US #82
#67Gene19US #111
#68Jeffrey19US #58
#69Rodney19US #92
#70Stanley19US #65
#71Bob18US #141
#72Brian18US #95
#73Darrell18US #121
#74Francis18US #80
#75Glenn17US #73
#76Howard17US #63
#77Joe17US #47
#78Norman17US #85
#79Peter17US #37
#80Edwin16US #116
#81Ralph16US #51
#82Ray16US #100
#83Walter16US #35
#84Anthony15US #41
#85Barry15US #74
#86Jay15US #123
#87Marvin15US #90
#88Randall15US #98
#89Ronnie15US #59
#90Ted15US #163
#91Allan14US #132
#92Dick14
#93Lloyd14US #118
#94Louis14US #64
#95Vernon14US #136
#96Earl13US #83
#97Henry13US #45
#98Leroy13US #97
#99Leslie13US #129
#100Scott13US #122

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑48Katherine#38
↑46Dave#54
↑43Kathryn#35
↑42Rita#42
↑39Marsha#52
↑33Gordon#42
↑31Tom#41
↑29Marlene#51

Falling

↓73Jane#99
↓37Marie#92
↓37Leslie#99
↓36Lynn#77
↓36Alice#84
↓33Ann#89
↓32Dianne#97
↓28Ralph#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.