Popular baby names in Montana, 1912

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1912 were Mary for girls (108 babies) and John for boys (124). Social Security records list 2,873 babies born in Montana in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1912

Names given at least 15 times in Montana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ann: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jean: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alice: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Doris: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 81 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Evelyn: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Grace: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Myrtle: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Edith: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mabel: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jack: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Donald: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kenneth: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harold: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	108	–	1
2	Margaret	81	–	4
3	Helen	73	↑1	2
4	Dorothy	65	↓1	3
5	Ruth	52	↑1	5
6	Alice	48	↓1	11
7	Elizabeth	39	↑1	8
8	Evelyn	37	↑9	13
9	Frances	37	↓2	9
10	Mildred	34	↑8	6
11	Anna	30	–	7
12	Grace	29	↑22	24
13	Lillian	28	↑7	14
14	Florence	27	↓4	12
15	Ann	26	↑11	47
16	Edna	25	↓4	16
17	Edith	24	↑6	31
18	Marie	24	↓3	10
19	Gladys	22	↓10	19
20	Lucille	21	↑15	32
21	Catherine	20	↑10	21
22	Ethel	20	↓3	18
23	Doris	19	↑15	48
24	Esther	19	↑3	33
25	Irene	19	↓4	22
26	Virginia	19	↑10	20
27	Rose	18	↑5	15
28	Jean	17	–	64
29	Myrtle	17	↑4	50
30	Ruby	17	new	23
31	Hazel	16	↓18	25
32	Louise	16	↑13	17
33	Mabel	16	↑9	46
34	Thelma	16	new	26
35	Katherine	15	↓11	53
36	Agnes	14	↓22	40
37	Elsie	14	↑2	42
38	Gertrude	14	↑11	30
39	Marjorie	14	new	56
40	Bernice	13	new	51
41	Josephine	13	↓12	28
42	Anne	12	↑5	58
43	Clara	12	↓21	34
44	Emma	12	new	35
45	Ida	12	new	45
46	Kathryn	12	↑4	71
47	Marion	12	new	55
48	Eva	11	↓4	49
49	Genevieve	11	new	92
50	Martha	11	↓20	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	John	124	–	1
2	William	91	–	2
3	James	68	–	3
4	Robert	68	↑1	4
5	George	58	↑4	6
6	Frank	37	–	9
7	Harold	37	↑14	13
8	Joseph	34	↓4	5
9	Edward	28	↓2	8
10	Harry	27	↑12	16
11	Charles	26	↓3	7
12	Jack	26	↓2	28
13	Arthur	24	↑19	15
14	Donald	23	↑5	27
15	Richard	21	new	19
16	Kenneth	20	↑21	33
17	Walter	19	↑14	11
18	Albert	18	↑5	17
19	David	17	↑5	29
20	Fred	17	–	26
21	Raymond	17	↓8	18
22	Thomas	17	↓10	10
23	Clarence	15	↑10	21
24	Carl	14	↓7	24
25	Leonard	14	↑3	45
26	Joe	13	–	36
27	Elmer	12	↑7	47
28	Henry	12	↓17	12
29	Lawrence	12	↓2	38
30	Louis	12	new	20
31	Ralph	12	new	23
32	Roy	12	↓14	31
33	Theodore	12	new	52
34	Alfred	11	new	40
35	Earl	11	↓10	34
36	Herbert	11	new	39
37	Howard	11	↓2	25
38	Peter	11	new	48
39	Don	10	new	>100
40	Edwin	10	new	54
41	Paul	10	↓25	14
42	Chester	9	new	55
43	Ernest	9	↓29	32
44	Eugene	9	new	41
45	Francis	9	↓30	35
46	Leo	9	new	49
47	Lester	9	new	58
48	Melvin	9	new	71
49	Glenn	8	new	84
50	Phillip	8	new	>100

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