State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,988 Montana births in 1951 across 434 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#81Daryl#196 nationally
#96Pattioutside the national top 200
#68Tom#168 nationally
#91Kerry#191 nationally
#52Carla#147 nationally
#90Kent#182 nationally
#93Terri#185 nationally
#78Shelley#166 nationally
#85Kim#172 nationally
#45Duane#130 nationally
#75Penny#153 nationally
#41Colleen#114 nationally

Girls

#1Linda302US #1
#2Mary238US #2
#3Patricia160US #3
#4Barbara148US #5
#5Susan142US #6
#6Karen140US #8
#7Carol137US #11
#8Kathleen135US #10
#9Deborah118US #4
#10Nancy116US #7
#11Sandra113US #9
#12Donna109US #12
#13Debra87US #18
#14Janet84US #19
#15Sharon81US #13
#16Cheryl80US #30
#17Bonnie76US #37
#18Janice74US #21
#19Diane73US #15
#20Judy72US #26
#21Pamela68US #16
#22Margaret65US #17
#23Judith64US #25
#24Connie63US #44
#25Kathryn50US #45
#26Marilyn48US #41
#27Beverly47US #33
#28Gail47US #36
#29Cynthia45US #20
#30Vicki45US #58
#31Catherine44US #34
#32Diana44US #50
#33Marcia44US #74
#34Christine42US #24
#35Shirley42US #27
#36Elizabeth41US #23
#37Kathy41US #35
#38Katherine40US #55
#39Jane39US #43
#40Joan38US #39
#41Colleen37US #114
#42Brenda36US #14
#43Darlene36US #79
#44Peggy36US #40
#45Betty34US #29
#46Helen34US #54
#47Carolyn31US #22
#48Joyce31US #28
#49Lynn31US #72
#50Vickie31US #87
#51Wanda30US #52
#52Carla29US #147
#53Sheila29US #69
#54Constance28US #86
#55Paula28US #51
#56Rita28US #61
#57Elaine27US #66
#58Ellen27US #68
#59Marlene27US #118
#60Theresa27US #64
#61Jean26US #49
#62Ann25US #46
#63Cathy25US #71
#64Roberta25US #92
#65Ruth25US #53
#66Terry25US #115
#67Dorothy24US #42
#68Gloria24US #31
#69Jeanne24US #98
#70Jo24US #67
#71Julie24US #99
#72Lois24US #85
#73Sherry24US #70
#74Teresa24US #63
#75Penny23US #153
#76Rebecca23US #32
#77Sally23US #77
#78Shelley23US #166
#79Alice22US #62
#80Kay22US #120
#81Marie22US #78
#82Victoria22US #81
#83Charlene21US #103
#84Dianne21US #90
#85Jacqueline21US #56
#86Laurie21US #139
#87Rose21US #65
#88Virginia21US #47
#89Marsha20US #76
#90Cindy19US #154
#91Laura19US #60
#92Marjorie19US #128
#93Terri19US #185
#94Valerie19US #100
#95Charlotte18US #84
#96Patti18
#97Yvonne18US #101
#98Gayle17US #124
#99Denise16US #48
#100Doris16US #80

Boys

#1James348US #1
#2Robert343US #2
#3John324US #3
#4David278US #5
#5Michael272US #4
#6William247US #6
#7Richard244US #7
#8Gary189US #10
#9Thomas185US #8
#10Daniel155US #21
#11Steven146US #13
#12Donald140US #15
#13Ronald139US #12
#14Kenneth124US #16
#15Dennis118US #17
#16Larry113US #11
#17Douglas108US #27
#18Charles107US #9
#19Stephen84US #19
#20Mark82US #20
#21Joseph75US #14
#22Timothy74US #28
#23Bruce71US #26
#24Gregory71US #25
#25Terry70US #30
#26Dale64US #49
#27Jerry64US #24
#28Paul64US #18
#29Patrick62US #39
#30Edward59US #23
#31George56US #22
#32Gerald51US #36
#33Wayne47US #37
#34Lawrence46US #33
#35Roger45US #29
#36Randy39US #56
#37Raymond38US #32
#38Scott38US #68
#39Allen36US #72
#40Jack35US #48
#41Frank34US #31
#42Russell33US #73
#43Alan32US #40
#44Keith32US #59
#45Duane31US #130
#46Jeffrey31US #35
#47Ralph31US #51
#48Gordon30US #108
#49Walter28US #42
#50Randall27US #66
#51Rodney27US #84
#52Carl26US #43
#53Darrell25US #109
#54Craig24US #63
#55Danny23US #41
#56Harold23US #46
#57Peter23US #38
#58Anthony22US #34
#59Arthur22US #44
#60Steve22US #86
#61Curtis21US #91
#62Stanley21US #54
#63Frederick19US #78
#64Leonard19US #80
#65Marvin19US #96
#66Micheal19US #97
#67Roy19US #52
#68Tom19US #168
#69Victor19US #110
#70Dan18US #136
#71Dean18US #105
#72Don18US #117
#73Kevin18US #53
#74Leslie18US #124
#75Mike18US #128
#76Calvin17US #106
#77Harry17US #70
#78Jay17US #116
#79Martin17US #81
#80Ray17US #114
#81Daryl16US #196
#82Francis16US #85
#83Gene16US #126
#84Henry16US #47
#85Kim16US #172
#86Theodore16US #99
#87Christopher15US #61
#88Clarence15US #98
#89Clifford15US #101
#90Kent15US #182
#91Kerry15US #191
#92Phillip15US #79
#93Warren15US #118
#94Allan14US #137
#95Andrew14US #69
#96Brian14US #75
#97Floyd14US #140
#98Fred14US #87
#99Lee14US #92
#100Melvin14US #88

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑50Randall#50
↑47Jeffrey#46
↑41Debra#13
↑41Ellen#58
↑41Marlene#59
↑38Ralph#47
↑31Steve#60
↑27Darrell#53

Falling

↓54Virginia#88
↓39Fred#98
↓36Brian#96
↓32Sherry#73
↓30Dan#70
↓25Sally#77
↓21Jacqueline#85
↓20Marjorie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.