State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,559 Montana births in 1952 across 455 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#75Daryl#193 nationally
#50Penny#157 nationally
#99Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#63Shelley#164 nationally
#83Georgia#176 nationally
#53Gayle#135 nationally
#28Colleen#108 nationally
#52Kim#126 nationally
#67Cindy#140 nationally
#62Duane#131 nationally
#57Leslie#125 nationally

Girls

#1Linda256US #1
#2Mary252US #2
#3Karen161US #8
#4Susan161US #5
#5Barbara158US #6
#6Deborah156US #4
#7Patricia156US #3
#8Debra147US #9
#9Kathleen137US #11
#10Nancy125US #7
#11Carol112US #12
#12Sandra111US #10
#13Sharon86US #14
#14Cynthia80US #18
#15Diane77US #16
#16Janice75US #23
#17Pamela75US #17
#18Donna74US #13
#19Connie72US #44
#20Bonnie68US #41
#21Janet67US #19
#22Margaret66US #21
#23Kathy65US #29
#24Cheryl64US #31
#25Judy60US #26
#26Judith59US #25
#27Christine56US #20
#28Colleen53US #108
#29Kathryn50US #48
#30Elizabeth48US #22
#31Rebecca47US #30
#32Catherine46US #34
#33Jane45US #42
#34Diana44US #51
#35Marilyn43US #38
#36Betty40US #32
#37Vicki40US #61
#38Shirley39US #28
#39Jean38US #50
#40Paula37US #47
#41Teresa37US #52
#42Beverly36US #35
#43Sherry36US #68
#44Peggy35US #43
#45Rose35US #62
#46Katherine34US #59
#47Sheila34US #64
#48Vickie34US #76
#49Julie33US #85
#50Penny33US #157
#51Ruth33US #57
#52Helen31US #63
#53Gayle30US #135
#54Joyce30US #27
#55Brenda29US #15
#56Carolyn29US #24
#57Charlotte29US #89
#58Darlene29US #77
#59Gail29US #39
#60Virginia29US #49
#61Ann27US #45
#62Marcia27US #80
#63Shelley27US #164
#64Victoria27US #74
#65Gloria26US #36
#66Joan26US #37
#67Cindy25US #140
#68Sally25US #81
#69Terry25US #120
#70Denise24US #33
#71Jeanne24US #98
#72Wanda24US #54
#73Carla23US #138
#74Cathy23US #56
#75Charlene23US #106
#76Jo23US #55
#77Laura23US #53
#78Rita23US #66
#79Jacqueline22US #58
#80Laurie22US #115
#81Marjorie22US #141
#82Evelyn21US #90
#83Georgia21US #176
#84Marlene21US #117
#85Valerie21US #87
#86Glenda20US #97
#87Lynn20US #71
#88Rhonda20US #95
#89Robin20US #102
#90Constance19US #92
#91Elaine19US #73
#92Lois19US #86
#93Martha19US #40
#94Anita18US #91
#95Dorothy18US #46
#96Michelle18US #124
#97Debbie17US #144
#98Leslie17US #104
#99Ramona17
#100Yvonne17US #103

Boys

#1Robert314US #2
#2James313US #1
#3John309US #3
#4David302US #5
#5Michael282US #4
#6Richard245US #7
#7William225US #6
#8Thomas201US #8
#9Gary182US #10
#10Daniel156US #20
#11Steven147US #11
#12Donald137US #13
#13Mark129US #17
#14Dennis122US #18
#15Douglas112US #28
#16Larry112US #14
#17Kenneth110US #16
#18Charles109US #9
#19Ronald109US #15
#20Stephen91US #21
#21Timothy91US #27
#22Gregory77US #24
#23Paul77US #19
#24Joseph76US #12
#25Edward71US #23
#26Patrick71US #37
#27Terry64US #29
#28Bruce63US #25
#29Jerry62US #26
#30Gerald61US #39
#31Dale59US #46
#32Wayne58US #38
#33Raymond56US #33
#34George53US #22
#35Randy49US #41
#36Craig46US #59
#37Roger46US #30
#38Alan42US #42
#39Frank39US #32
#40Lawrence39US #35
#41Jeffrey38US #31
#42Rodney37US #84
#43Russell37US #70
#44Scott36US #54
#45Allen35US #78
#46Randall35US #63
#47Jack34US #52
#48Keith32US #49
#49Gordon29US #110
#50Micheal29US #94
#51Anthony28US #34
#52Kim28US #126
#53Brian27US #64
#54Dean27US #103
#55Andrew24US #68
#56Clifford24US #99
#57Leslie24US #125
#58Marvin24US #95
#59Roy24US #55
#60Stanley24US #58
#61Walter24US #44
#62Duane23US #131
#63Kevin23US #43
#64Danny22US #40
#65Dan21US #129
#66Jay21US #106
#67Theodore21US #100
#68Harold20US #51
#69Leonard20US #83
#70Martin20US #80
#71Melvin20US #91
#72Warren20US #117
#73Carl19US #45
#74Rick19US #119
#75Daryl18US #193
#76Eugene18US #71
#77Glenn18US #61
#78Lee18US #92
#79Peter18US #36
#80Ralph18US #56
#81Arthur17US #47
#82Barry17US #69
#83Fred17US #90
#84Mike17US #136
#85Norman17US #96
#86Henry16US #50
#87Joe16US #62
#88Leon16US #124
#89Philip16US #60
#90Clyde15US #143
#91Curtis15US #86
#92Francis15US #89
#93Samuel15US #67
#94Vernon15US #137
#95Christopher14US #57
#96Clarence14US #102
#97Darrell14US #109
#98Howard14US #73
#99Loren14
#100Ricky14US #81

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑45Rebecca#31
↑45Gayle#53
↑43Brian#53
↑42Rose#45
↑40Andrew#55
↑38Charlotte#57
↑33Teresa#41
↑33Kim#52

Falling

↓44Darrell#97
↓38Lynn#87
↓36Constance#90
↓34Elaine#91
↓33Ralph#80
↓31Gail#59
↓30Curtis#91
↓29Marcia#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.