State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,343 Montana births in 1954 across 479 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#83Byronoutside the national top 200
#86Lyleoutside the national top 200
#96Kellyoutside the national top 200
#69Penny#163 nationally
#29Colleen#119 nationally
#71Shelley#161 nationally
#89Bill#176 nationally
#55Dan#139 nationally
#83Patti#167 nationally
#79Robin#160 nationally
#59Duane#136 nationally
#67Marlene#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary254US #1
#2Debra236US #6
#3Linda232US #2
#4Susan183US #5
#5Patricia162US #4
#6Deborah159US #3
#7Karen142US #8
#8Barbara141US #7
#9Sandra128US #13
#10Carol110US #15
#11Kathleen107US #14
#12Nancy101US #9
#13Pamela95US #12
#14Cynthia91US #10
#15Janet91US #19
#16Donna85US #11
#17Diane75US #17
#18Vicki75US #50
#19Cheryl69US #22
#20Sharon69US #16
#21Margaret65US #21
#22Connie63US #39
#23Janice62US #25
#24Christine59US #43
#25Judy58US #29
#26Kathy56US #23
#27Julie54US #70
#28Robin51US #41
#29Colleen50US #119
#30Marilyn48US #35
#31Rebecca48US #26
#32Peggy47US #48
#33Catherine45US #32
#34Debbie45US #92
#35Laura45US #45
#36Teresa45US #34
#37Bonnie43US #52
#38Elizabeth43US #20
#39Vickie43US #69
#40Kathryn42US #51
#41Sheila42US #60
#42Paula41US #38
#43Theresa40US #47
#44Gail38US #37
#45Joan38US #40
#46Jane37US #49
#47Leslie37US #99
#48Betty36US #36
#49Brenda36US #18
#50Denise36US #24
#51Diana36US #57
#52Rhonda36US #71
#53Shirley35US #33
#54Terri35US #100
#55Dorothy34US #55
#56Judith34US #30
#57Katherine34US #64
#58Beverly33US #31
#59Laurie32US #98
#60Lori32US #121
#61Rita32US #67
#62Cindy31US #91
#63Sherry31US #62
#64Jean30US #56
#65Joyce30US #28
#66Virginia30US #61
#67Marlene29US #141
#68Carolyn28US #27
#69Penny28US #163
#70Rose28US #54
#71Shelley28US #161
#72Charlene27US #126
#73Terry27US #88
#74Wanda27US #58
#75Constance26US #111
#76Gayle26US #147
#77Ruth26US #66
#78Darlene25US #76
#79Marcia25US #90
#80Ann24US #44
#81Jo24US #53
#82Michele24US #89
#83Patti24US #167
#84Roberta24US #102
#85Sally24US #84
#86Jacqueline23US #68
#87Lynn23US #63
#88Toni23US #153
#89Wendy23US #95
#90Helen22US #72
#91Sue22US #106
#92Valerie22US #87
#93Elaine21US #74
#94Kim21US #134
#95Marie21US #79
#96Michelle21US #94
#97Carla20US #135
#98Charlotte20US #113
#99Kay20US #146
#100Lois20US #110

Boys

#1John338US #4
#2Robert338US #2
#3James337US #3
#4Michael335US #1
#5David317US #5
#6William249US #6
#7Richard219US #7
#8Thomas193US #8
#9Daniel168US #18
#10Steven166US #11
#11Mark163US #12
#12Gary160US #9
#13Donald132US #14
#14Ronald129US #15
#15Douglas118US #29
#16Timothy111US #26
#17Kenneth109US #17
#18Gregory100US #25
#19Charles99US #10
#20Dennis93US #21
#21Paul90US #16
#22Joseph89US #13
#23Larry88US #19
#24Patrick72US #38
#25Terry69US #27
#26George64US #24
#27Bruce62US #30
#28Dale62US #50
#29Rodney60US #66
#30Stephen60US #20
#31Randy58US #33
#32Roger55US #34
#33Edward53US #22
#34Jerry53US #31
#35Jeffrey52US #23
#36Scott52US #40
#37Wayne51US #41
#38Gerald47US #44
#39Russell45US #69
#40Lawrence42US #39
#41Kevin40US #28
#42Craig38US #51
#43Frank38US #36
#44Raymond38US #35
#45Micheal37US #88
#46Brian35US #48
#47Alan34US #43
#48Peter33US #37
#49Jack30US #57
#50Glenn29US #63
#51Randall29US #55
#52Allen28US #82
#53Keith28US #45
#54Eugene27US #77
#55Dan26US #139
#56Harold26US #60
#57Rick26US #102
#58Andrew25US #70
#59Duane25US #136
#60Stanley25US #58
#61Walter25US #49
#62Francis24US #94
#63Barry23US #68
#64Carl23US #47
#65Steve23US #76
#66Curtis22US #84
#67Dean22US #110
#68Leonard22US #85
#69Roy22US #56
#70Gordon21US #122
#71Martin21US #79
#72Kim20US #109
#73Leslie20US #137
#74Neil19US #147
#75Ricky19US #46
#76Anthony18US #32
#77Henry18US #59
#78Lee18US #96
#79Robin18US #160
#80Theodore18US #115
#81Albert17US #73
#82Bradley17US #106
#83Byron17
#84Clifford17US #112
#85Jay17US #101
#86Lyle17
#87Ralph17US #61
#88Samuel17US #71
#89Bill16US #176
#90Darrell16US #95
#91Ernest16US #87
#92Fred16US #93
#93Guy16US #143
#94Howard16US #80
#95Jeffery16US #90
#96Kelly16
#97Marvin16US #97
#98Norman16US #99
#99Danny15US #42
#100Frederick15US #83

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑55Debbie#34
↑38Dorothy#55
↑38Micheal#45
↑36Leslie#47
↑35Robin#28
↑31Dan#55
↑30Denise#50
↑28Vicki#18

Falling

↓37Ralph#87
↓37Danny#99
↓32Jay#85
↓31Darlene#78
↓29Carla#97
↓28Marvin#97
↓27Roberta#84
↓27Valerie#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.