State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,733 Montana births in 1950 across 411 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#83Monteoutside the national top 200
#92Lyleoutside the national top 200
#32Colleen#124 nationally
#40Dan#129 nationally
#86Candace#172 nationally
#52Duane#137 nationally
#86Rick#168 nationally
#98Michelle#174 nationally
#55Dean#120 nationally
#89Lynn#154 nationally
#62Leslie#126 nationally
#46Gordon#108 nationally

Girls

#1Linda343US #1
#2Mary265US #2
#3Barbara176US #4
#4Susan168US #5
#5Carol149US #9
#6Patricia147US #3
#7Sandra142US #8
#8Kathleen125US #10
#9Karen122US #12
#10Nancy112US #6
#11Sharon96US #11
#12Donna94US #13
#13Cheryl76US #29
#14Margaret73US #15
#15Judy72US #25
#16Pamela72US #17
#17Deborah71US #7
#18Shirley69US #19
#19Diane63US #16
#20Bonnie61US #33
#21Janet61US #18
#22Judith58US #21
#23Connie56US #44
#24Marilyn56US #37
#25Janice53US #22
#26Beverly51US #31
#27Kathryn51US #46
#28Betty50US #26
#29Vicki49US #61
#30Kathy48US #38
#31Peggy46US #41
#32Colleen44US #124
#33Diana43US #47
#34Virginia41US #43
#35Catherine40US #34
#36Joyce40US #27
#37Brenda38US #14
#38Helen37US #50
#39Elizabeth36US #24
#40Joan36US #40
#41Sherry33US #62
#42Gail32US #42
#43Jane32US #39
#44Marcia32US #77
#45Roberta32US #96
#46Carolyn31US #20
#47Christine31US #28
#48Cynthia31US #23
#49Darlene31US #79
#50Jean31US #48
#51Katherine31US #58
#52Sally30US #78
#53Sheila29US #70
#54Debra28US #59
#55Elaine28US #60
#56Jo26US #64
#57Martha26US #32
#58Vickie26US #108
#59Ann25US #45
#60Constance25US #85
#61Dorothy25US #35
#62Gloria25US #30
#63Victoria25US #94
#64Jacqueline24US #55
#65Jeanne24US #95
#66Paula24US #54
#67Rita24US #56
#68Ruth24US #49
#69Wanda24US #52
#70Charlene23US #103
#71Lynn23US #76
#72Marjorie22US #121
#73Frances21US #51
#74Laura21US #63
#75Marie21US #72
#76Michele21US #128
#77Phyllis21US #53
#78Suzanne21US #71
#79Claudia20US #126
#80Eileen20US #91
#81Evelyn20US #86
#82Juanita20US #115
#83Rebecca20US #36
#84Theresa20US #65
#85Alice19US #57
#86Candace19US #172
#87Glenda19US #87
#88Julie19US #111
#89Teresa19US #81
#90Terry19US #127
#91Charlotte18US #80
#92Denise18US #82
#93Gayle18US #133
#94Jennifer18US #118
#95Kay18US #123
#96Lorraine18US #105
#97Lynda18US #107
#98Michelle18US #174
#99Ellen17US #66
#100Marlene17US #112

Boys

#1Robert364US #2
#2John352US #3
#3James350US #1
#4Richard269US #7
#5Michael259US #4
#6David258US #5
#7William231US #6
#8Gary193US #10
#9Thomas187US #8
#10Donald145US #14
#11Ronald136US #12
#12Steven129US #16
#13Kenneth128US #15
#14Daniel126US #21
#15Dennis126US #17
#16Larry125US #11
#17Charles94US #9
#18Mark84US #23
#19Douglas80US #28
#20Gregory74US #25
#21Edward68US #22
#22Patrick65US #38
#23Bruce63US #26
#24Jerry61US #24
#25George60US #20
#26Paul60US #18
#27Stephen60US #19
#28Gerald59US #34
#29Joseph57US #13
#30Raymond56US #31
#31Timothy52US #32
#32Terry51US #30
#33Jack49US #48
#34Dale48US #49
#35Wayne48US #35
#36Lawrence44US #33
#37Roger43US #27
#38Randy35US #80
#39Rodney34US #88
#40Dan32US #129
#41Russell32US #67
#42Glenn31US #59
#43Alan30US #41
#44Stanley30US #60
#45Allen29US #71
#46Gordon29US #108
#47Scott29US #82
#48Barry28US #74
#49Carl28US #44
#50Eugene28US #58
#51Craig27US #69
#52Duane27US #137
#53Keith27US #78
#54Walter26US #40
#55Dean25US #120
#56Albert24US #56
#57Earl23US #92
#58Frank23US #29
#59Fred23US #84
#60Brian22US #79
#61Harold22US #45
#62Leslie22US #126
#63Marvin22US #93
#64Peter22US #37
#65Ernest21US #81
#66Harry20US #61
#67Philip20US #53
#68Roy20US #51
#69Gene19US #122
#70Howard19US #63
#71Jay19US #115
#72Martin19US #85
#73Mike19US #113
#74Don18US #107
#75Edwin18US #117
#76Joe18US #54
#77Leonard18US #77
#78Micheal18US #104
#79Bernard17US #110
#80Darrell17US #116
#81Jim17US #139
#82Lee17US #91
#83Monte17
#84Norman17US #90
#85Ralph17US #52
#86Rick17US #168
#87Clifford16US #100
#88Eric16US #98
#89Lynn16US #154
#90Melvin16US #87
#91Steve16US #83
#92Lyle15
#93Jeffrey14US #43
#94Jon14US #138
#95Kevin14US #73
#96Leon14US #119
#97Lloyd14US #127
#98Louis14US #66
#99Neil14US #156
#100Randall14US #70

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑48Brenda#37
↑43Katherine#51
↑37Victoria#63
↑37Brian#60
↑36Dean#55
↑33Colleen#32
↑33Scott#47
↑32Gail#42

Falling

↓50Lynda#97
↓31Mike#73
↓31Lynn#89
↓29Kay#95
↓28Alice#85
↓27Frances#73
↓26Rita#67
↓26Julie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.