Popular baby names in Montana, 1913

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1913 were Mary for girls (140 babies) and John for boys (142). Social Security records list 4,041 babies born in Montana in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1913

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

Girls

Kathryn: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Agnes: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alice: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katherine: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Anne: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ann: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Lloyd: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 42 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edwin: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Earl: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jack: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Arthur: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	140	–	1
2	Helen	110	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	91	↑1	3
4	Margaret	77	↓2	4
5	Ruth	70	–	5
6	Alice	49	–	11
7	Frances	47	↑2	9
8	Evelyn	40	–	12
9	Elizabeth	34	↓2	8
10	Marie	33	↑8	10
11	Mildred	32	↓1	6
12	Hazel	31	↑19	27
13	Virginia	31	↑13	15
14	Florence	29	–	13
15	Louise	27	↑17	17
16	Agnes	26	↑20	41
17	Catherine	25	↑4	22
18	Gertrude	25	↑20	33
19	Irene	25	↑6	21
20	Anna	24	↓9	7
21	Esther	24	↑3	32
22	Rose	23	↑5	14
23	Edna	22	↓7	18
24	Lillian	22	↓11	16
25	Marjorie	22	↑14	48
26	Thelma	22	↑8	26
27	Ann	21	↓12	46
28	Bertha	20	new	39
29	Clara	20	↑14	36
30	Gladys	20	↓11	19
31	Katherine	20	↑4	54
32	Kathryn	20	↑14	66
33	Anne	19	↑9	57
34	Doris	19	↓11	44
35	Eleanor	19	new	34
36	Grace	19	↓24	25
37	Jean	17	↓9	60
38	Josephine	17	↑3	24
39	Mabel	17	↓6	56
40	Martha	17	↑10	28
41	Pauline	17	new	35
42	Edith	16	↓25	29
43	Ethel	16	↓21	20
44	Lucille	16	↓24	31
45	Viola	16	new	52
46	Bernice	15	↓6	45
47	Elsie	15	↓10	40
48	Pearl	15	new	55
49	Emma	14	↓5	38
50	Marion	14	↓3	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	142	–	1
2	William	99	–	2
3	Robert	90	↑1	4
4	James	88	↓1	3
5	George	79	–	6
6	Charles	67	↑5	7
7	Joseph	57	↑1	5
8	Frank	45	↓2	9
9	Donald	42	↑5	25
10	Arthur	41	↑3	17
11	Edward	38	↓2	8
12	Walter	36	↑5	11
13	Albert	34	↑5	16
14	Thomas	34	↑8	10
15	Harold	31	↓8	13
16	Richard	31	↓1	19
17	Harry	30	↓7	15
18	Henry	30	↑10	12
19	Jack	28	↓7	28
20	Earl	27	↑15	31
21	Howard	25	↑16	26
22	Carl	24	↑2	23
23	Fred	22	↓3	27
24	Kenneth	22	↓8	33
25	Paul	22	↑16	14
26	Louis	19	↑4	20
27	Francis	18	↑18	30
28	Lloyd	18	new	67
29	Peter	17	↑9	51
30	Ralph	17	↑1	22
31	Raymond	17	↓10	18
32	Edwin	16	↑8	55
33	Leonard	16	↓8	46
34	Clarence	15	↓11	21
35	David	15	↓16	29
36	Stanley	15	new	41
37	Andrew	14	new	47
38	Eugene	14	↑6	43
39	Lawrence	13	↓10	35
40	Norman	13	new	57
41	Bernard	12	new	52
42	Elmer	12	↓15	45
43	Ernest	12	–	34
44	Lester	12	↑3	59
45	Ray	12	new	73
46	Daniel	11	new	54
47	Frederick	11	new	49
48	Glenn	11	↑1	85
49	Gordon	11	new	94
50	Herbert	11	↓14	39

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