Popular baby names in Montana, 1914

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1914 were Mary for girls (187 babies) and John for boys (177). Social Security records list 5,546 babies born in Montana in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1914

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

Girls

June: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Fern: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lois: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kathryn: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Agnes: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marian: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vera: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jean: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Myrtle: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Esther: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Glen: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Melvin: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donald: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Clifford: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lloyd: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ray: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jack: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Norman: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Arthur: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	187	–	1
2	Helen	132	–	2
3	Margaret	125	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	103	↓1	3
5	Ruth	68	–	5
6	Frances	67	↑1	9
7	Mildred	58	↑4	7
8	Marie	51	↑2	10
9	Alice	47	↓3	12
10	Elizabeth	44	↓1	8
11	Florence	43	↑3	13
12	Evelyn	41	↓4	11
13	Hazel	39	↓1	29
14	Virginia	39	↓1	14
15	Grace	38	↑21	25
16	Gladys	37	↑14	20
17	Agnes	35	↓1	44
18	Esther	35	↑3	35
19	Lois	35	new	51
20	Josephine	31	↑18	23
21	Doris	30	↑13	36
22	Ethel	30	↑21	21
23	Kathryn	30	↑9	63
24	Louise	30	↓9	17
25	Edna	29	↓2	19
26	Irene	29	↓7	22
27	Jean	28	↑10	54
28	Edith	27	↑14	31
29	Rose	27	↓7	15
30	Lillian	26	↓6	16
31	Ann	25	↓4	40
32	Gertrude	25	↓14	32
33	Anna	24	↓13	6
34	June	24	new	>100
35	Myrtle	24	new	60
36	Vera	24	new	68
37	Clara	22	↓8	37
38	Lucille	22	↑6	30
39	Marjorie	22	↓14	45
40	Anne	21	↓7	53
41	Bertha	21	↓13	41
42	Betty	21	new	62
43	Emma	21	↑6	39
44	Laura	21	new	59
45	Catherine	20	↓28	18
46	Mabel	18	↓7	58
47	Ruby	18	new	24
48	Eleanor	17	↓13	28
49	Elsie	17	↓2	46
50	Marian	17	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	177	–	1
2	William	170	–	2
3	Robert	139	–	4
4	George	114	↑1	6
5	James	106	↓1	3
6	Charles	81	–	7
7	Frank	69	↑1	9
8	Arthur	56	↑2	18
9	Joseph	55	↓2	5
10	Edward	53	↑1	8
11	Walter	51	↑1	10
12	Donald	48	↓3	23
13	Albert	46	–	15
14	Paul	45	↑11	13
15	Harold	43	–	14
16	Harry	43	↑1	19
17	Richard	43	↓1	17
18	Henry	41	–	12
19	Jack	40	–	27
20	Thomas	38	↓6	11
21	Ralph	37	↑9	21
22	Raymond	34	↑9	16
23	Carl	31	↓1	24
24	Clarence	30	↑10	22
25	Fred	30	↓2	28
26	Kenneth	29	↓2	30
27	Roy	29	new	32
28	Howard	28	↓7	26
29	Francis	27	↓2	31
30	Melvin	23	new	59
31	Elmer	22	↑11	46
32	Earl	21	↓12	33
33	Clifford	20	new	62
34	David	20	↑1	29
35	Ernest	20	↑8	38
36	Norman	20	↑4	54
37	Alfred	19	new	41
38	Eugene	19	–	43
39	Leo	18	new	47
40	Lloyd	18	↓12	66
41	Louis	18	↓15	20
42	Daniel	17	↑4	55
43	Leonard	17	↓10	45
44	Glen	16	new	>100
45	Joe	16	new	34
46	Peter	16	↓17	48
47	Stanley	16	↓11	39
48	Ray	15	↓3	74
49	Floyd	14	new	58
50	Lawrence	14	↓11	35

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