Popular baby names in Montana, 1910
The most popular baby names in Montana in 1910 were Mary for girls (81 babies) and John for boys (45). Social Security records list 1,352 babies born in Montana in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Montana in 1910
Names given at least 15 times in Montana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1910
| Rank | Name | Babies | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 81 | 1 |
| 2 | Helen | 58 | 2 |
| 3 | Margaret | 51 | 3 |
| 4 | Dorothy | 41 | 4 |
| 5 | Elizabeth | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | Frances | 22 | 11 |
| 7 | Gladys | 22 | 15 |
| 8 | Alice | 21 | 10 |
| 9 | Ruth | 21 | 5 |
| 10 | Agnes | 20 | 41 |
| 11 | Mildred | 20 | 8 |
| 12 | Anna | 17 | 6 |
| 13 | Edith | 17 | 35 |
| 14 | Ethel | 16 | 13 |
| 15 | Evelyn | 16 | 17 |
| 16 | Marie | 15 | 9 |
| 17 | Catherine | 14 | 22 |
| 18 | Doris | 14 | 64 |
| 19 | Esther | 14 | 38 |
| 20 | Eva | 14 | 45 |
| 21 | Thelma | 14 | 25 |
| 22 | Elsie | 13 | 44 |
| 23 | Florence | 13 | 12 |
| 24 | Lillian | 13 | 14 |
| 25 | Rose | 13 | 16 |
| 26 | Clara | 12 | 32 |
| 27 | Edna | 12 | 18 |
| 28 | Nellie | 11 | 51 |
| 29 | Ruby | 11 | 27 |
| 30 | Ann | 10 | 52 |
| 31 | Gertrude | 10 | 26 |
| 32 | Katherine | 10 | 57 |
| 33 | Bertha | 9 | 33 |
| 34 | Jennie | 9 | 81 |
| 35 | Josephine | 9 | 30 |
| 36 | Mabel | 9 | 46 |
| 37 | Viola | 9 | 48 |
| 38 | Alma | 8 | 61 |
| 39 | Grace | 8 | 23 |
| 40 | Hazel | 8 | 24 |
| 41 | Irene | 8 | 21 |
| 42 | Kathryn | 8 | 80 |
| 43 | Marjorie | 8 | 68 |
| 44 | Bernice | 7 | 58 |
| 45 | Eleanor | 7 | 55 |
| 46 | Genevieve | 7 | 98 |
| 47 | Jessie | 7 | 63 |
| 48 | Julia | 7 | 49 |
| 49 | Laura | 7 | 53 |
| 50 | Lois | 7 | 76 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 45 | 1 |
| 2 | William | 41 | 3 |
| 3 | George | 29 | 5 |
| 4 | James | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | Harold | 15 | 18 |
| 6 | Charles | 14 | 7 |
| 7 | Edward | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | Jack | 14 | 23 |
| 9 | Joseph | 14 | 6 |
| 10 | Albert | 12 | 14 |
| 11 | Carl | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | Frank | 12 | 8 |
| 13 | Robert | 12 | 4 |
| 14 | Walter | 12 | 13 |
| 15 | Clarence | 11 | 20 |
| 16 | Thomas | 11 | 12 |
| 17 | Kenneth | 10 | 43 |
| 18 | Arthur | 9 | 17 |
| 19 | David | 9 | 30 |
| 20 | Henry | 9 | 10 |
| 21 | Joe | 9 | 25 |
| 22 | Harry | 8 | 16 |
| 23 | Raymond | 8 | 19 |
| 24 | Donald | 7 | 44 |
| 25 | Ernest | 7 | 31 |
| 26 | Fred | 7 | 22 |
| 27 | Norman | 7 | 63 |
| 28 | Clyde | 6 | 57 |
| 29 | Francis | 6 | 36 |
| 30 | Louis | 6 | 24 |
| 31 | Ralph | 6 | 28 |
| 32 | Alfred | 5 | 38 |
| 33 | Melvin | 5 | 75 |
| 34 | Ray | 5 | 68 |
| 35 | Richard | 5 | 21 |
| 36 | Ted | 5 | >100 |