State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,587 Montana births in 1955 across 490 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#74Timoutside the national top 200
#96Kellyoutside the national top 200
#99Lyleoutside the national top 200
#69Jim#167 nationally
#92Stuart#189 nationally
#95Shelley#192 nationally
#43Duane#135 nationally
#72Penny#161 nationally
#55Dan#136 nationally
#75Brad#153 nationally
#97Kirk#172 nationally
#38Colleen#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary252US #1
#2Debra228US #4
#3Linda209US #3
#4Susan207US #5
#5Karen157US #8
#6Patricia144US #6
#7Deborah143US #2
#8Barbara126US #7
#9Kathleen119US #17
#10Pamela106US #12
#11Nancy105US #9
#12Carol97US #15
#13Sandra92US #13
#14Donna86US #10
#15Cynthia82US #11
#16Diane80US #14
#17Janet69US #20
#18Margaret68US #24
#19Connie64US #35
#20Vicki63US #52
#21Cheryl61US #19
#22Kathy57US #22
#23Laura55US #41
#24Sharon55US #16
#25Rebecca54US #27
#26Catherine53US #28
#27Janice53US #25
#28Bonnie51US #45
#29Debbie50US #63
#30Jean48US #60
#31Judy48US #32
#32Peggy48US #51
#33Brenda47US #18
#34Cindy46US #79
#35Diana46US #55
#36Elizabeth46US #21
#37Julie46US #67
#38Colleen45US #110
#39Sherry45US #56
#40Lori43US #89
#41Ann42US #43
#42Teresa42US #26
#43Theresa42US #38
#44Denise40US #23
#45Kathryn40US #59
#46Betty39US #36
#47Laurie39US #91
#48Marilyn39US #49
#49Paula39US #39
#50Vickie38US #68
#51Beverly37US #34
#52Cathy36US #44
#53Shirley35US #37
#54Christine34US #40
#55Jane34US #50
#56Sheila34US #57
#57Valerie34US #80
#58Rita33US #72
#59Wanda33US #61
#60Judith32US #31
#61Leslie31US #99
#62Robin31US #33
#63Rose31US #54
#64Virginia30US #66
#65Katherine29US #65
#66Kim29US #75
#67Rhonda29US #71
#68Suzanne29US #86
#69Lynn28US #62
#70Roberta28US #113
#71Carolyn27US #30
#72Penny27US #161
#73Joyce26US #29
#74Marcia26US #98
#75Gail25US #42
#76Jacqueline25US #73
#77Jo25US #58
#78Elaine24US #77
#79Helen24US #78
#80Joan24US #46
#81Victoria24US #82
#82Dorothy23US #64
#83Jeanne22US #115
#84Lisa22US #48
#85Lois22US #124
#86Marlene22US #142
#87Ruth22US #70
#88Terry22US #83
#89Dawn21US #103
#90Gayle21US #146
#91Gloria21US #47
#92Jennifer21US #104
#93Phyllis21US #74
#94Renee21US #117
#95Shelley21US #192
#96Michele20US #93
#97Michelle20US #97
#98Patti20US #163
#99Terri20US #85
#100Constance19US #118

Boys

#1Robert339US #4
#2James337US #3
#3Michael330US #1
#4David328US #2
#5John306US #5
#6William227US #6
#7Richard202US #7
#8Thomas200US #8
#9Daniel183US #17
#10Mark182US #9
#11Steven170US #10
#12Donald142US #14
#13Gary137US #12
#14Timothy135US #22
#15Douglas121US #29
#16Kenneth102US #15
#17Joseph101US #13
#18Ronald100US #18
#19Charles99US #11
#20Larry94US #19
#21Dennis88US #23
#22Paul88US #16
#23Gregory81US #24
#24Bruce80US #32
#25Dale80US #52
#26Randy76US #30
#27Scott76US #38
#28Edward73US #25
#29Patrick71US #41
#30Terry71US #28
#31Jeffrey70US #20
#32Kevin66US #27
#33Stephen66US #21
#34Raymond58US #36
#35Roger56US #37
#36Jerry55US #33
#37George53US #26
#38Craig50US #50
#39Wayne49US #44
#40Keith46US #39
#41Rodney46US #65
#42Gerald45US #48
#43Duane44US #135
#44Brian42US #40
#45Alan39US #43
#46Frank38US #34
#47Kim38US #98
#48Peter38US #35
#49Jack37US #60
#50Danny34US #45
#51Russell32US #57
#52Carl30US #47
#53Dean30US #111
#54Lawrence30US #42
#55Dan28US #136
#56Glenn27US #59
#57Micheal27US #87
#58Mike27US #123
#59Curtis26US #79
#60Leonard26US #88
#61Randall26US #53
#62Steve25US #72
#63Howard24US #83
#64Jon24US #115
#65Bradley23US #107
#66Roy22US #58
#67Arthur21US #56
#68Jay21US #103
#69Jim21US #167
#70Joe21US #68
#71Lee21US #96
#72Martin21US #77
#73Ricky21US #46
#74Tim21
#75Brad20US #153
#76Clifford20US #118
#77Gordon20US #128
#78Rick20US #109
#79Samuel20US #71
#80Allen19US #84
#81Calvin19US #110
#82Eric19US #85
#83Eugene19US #81
#84Harold19US #63
#85Theodore19US #120
#86Christopher18US #49
#87Wesley18US #151
#88Anthony17US #31
#89Darrell17US #91
#90Philip17US #62
#91Ralph17US #67
#92Stuart17US #189
#93Don16US #125
#94Edwin16US #124
#95Henry16US #61
#96Kelly16
#97Kirk16US #172
#98Leslie16US #138
#99Lyle16
#100Marvin16US #94

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑49Danny#50
↑39Ann#41
↑35Valerie#57
↑34Jean#30
↑31Howard#63
↑28Cindy#34
↑28Kim#66
↑25Kim#47

Falling

↓45Terri#99
↓35Joan#80
↓34Robin#62
↓31Gail#75
↓30Christine#54
↓29Eugene#83
↓28Allen#80
↓28Harold#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.