Popular baby names in Montana, 1915

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1915 were Helen for girls (255 babies) and John for boys (264). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,397 babies born in Montana in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1915

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

Girls

Fern: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Audrey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lydia: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
June: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lois: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harriet: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Georgia: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eileen: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Barbara: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maxine: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Emil: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gordon: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Wayne: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Glenn: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donald: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jack: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Helen	255	↑1	2
2	Mary	244	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	167	↑1	3
4	Margaret	150	↓1	4
5	Ruth	129	–	5
6	Frances	82	–	9
7	Marie	78	↑1	11
8	Alice	68	↑1	13
9	Elizabeth	67	↑1	8
10	Evelyn	65	↑2	10
11	Mildred	64	↓4	6
12	Florence	61	↓1	14
13	Gladys	57	↑3	21
14	Lois	56	↑5	47
15	Virginia	52	↓1	12
16	Lillian	51	↑14	15
17	Edna	50	↑8	20
18	Irene	49	↑8	17
19	Esther	48	↓1	33
20	Lucille	48	↑18	29
21	Marjorie	48	↑18	39
22	Ethel	46	–	23
23	Hazel	45	↓10	26
24	Anna	44	↑9	7
25	Catherine	44	↑20	19
26	Doris	42	↓5	34
27	Jean	42	–	48
28	Eleanor	40	↑20	28
29	Grace	38	↓14	27
30	Katherine	38	new	49
31	Thelma	37	new	30
32	Gertrude	36	–	35
33	Agnes	35	↓16	45
34	Betty	35	↑8	53
35	Edith	35	↓7	31
36	Elsie	34	↑13	41
37	Josephine	34	↓17	22
38	Kathryn	34	↓15	60
39	Laura	34	↑5	61
40	Louise	34	↓16	18
41	Mabel	33	↑5	62
42	Bernice	32	new	42
43	Eva	32	new	55
44	Martha	32	new	25
45	Pauline	31	new	32
46	Rose	31	↓17	16
47	Barbara	29	new	83
48	Ruby	29	↓1	24
49	Ann	26	↓18	43
50	Clara	26	↓13	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	264	–	1
2	William	233	–	2
3	Robert	185	–	4
4	James	150	↑1	3
5	Charles	136	↑1	7
6	George	134	↓2	6
7	Joseph	85	↑2	5
8	Donald	73	↑4	20
9	Edward	73	↑1	8
10	Frank	73	↓3	9
11	Arthur	72	↓3	18
12	Thomas	69	↑8	10
13	Harold	67	↑2	12
14	Harry	64	↑2	19
15	Albert	60	↓2	17
16	Jack	59	↑3	27
17	Clarence	56	↑7	24
18	Richard	54	↓1	15
19	Paul	52	↓5	13
20	Fred	51	↑5	26
21	Howard	51	↑7	25
22	Walter	51	↓11	11
23	Henry	50	↓5	14
24	Kenneth	49	↑2	28
25	Raymond	45	↓3	16
26	Earl	43	↑6	33
27	Lloyd	43	↑13	62
28	Ralph	43	↓7	21
29	Carl	40	↓6	22
30	David	34	↑4	31
31	Elmer	33	–	45
32	Alfred	32	↑5	42
33	Roy	32	↓6	32
34	Ernest	31	↑1	35
35	Leonard	31	↑8	44
36	Francis	30	↓7	29
37	Joe	29	↑8	38
38	Eugene	27	–	41
39	Norman	27	↓3	50
40	Russell	27	new	51
41	Gordon	26	new	90
42	Clifford	25	↓9	61
43	Glenn	25	new	87
44	Lawrence	25	↑6	37
45	Louis	25	↓4	23
46	Lester	24	new	57
47	Edwin	23	new	53
48	Leo	23	↓9	47
49	Wayne	22	new	97
50	Ray	20	↓2	67

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