Popular baby names in Montana, 1916

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1916 were Mary for girls (257 babies) and John for boys (254). Social Security records list 9,861 babies born in Montana in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1916

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: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patricia: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
June: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxine: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eileen: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shirley: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vivian: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Clara: 64 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Violet: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lois: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Patrick: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wallace: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clifford: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glen: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ray: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norman: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donald: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jack: 67 babies, 2× the national rate
Glenn: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	257	↑1	1
2	Margaret	217	↑2	4
3	Helen	210	↓2	2
4	Dorothy	186	↓1	3
5	Ruth	123	–	5
6	Alice	107	↑2	13
7	Frances	96	↓1	9
8	Mildred	78	↑3	6
9	Evelyn	76	↑1	11
10	Virginia	73	↑5	10
11	Elizabeth	68	↓2	8
12	Doris	66	↑14	32
13	Gladys	66	–	22
14	Clara	64	↑36	39
15	Florence	64	↓3	14
16	Irene	63	↑2	17
17	Esther	61	↑2	34
18	Edna	57	↓1	19
19	Lois	56	↓5	43
20	Hazel	52	↑3	31
21	Marjorie	51	–	37
22	Marie	50	↓15	12
23	Catherine	48	↑2	20
24	Edith	48	↑11	28
25	Rose	47	↑21	15
26	Grace	46	↑3	26
27	Josephine	46	↑10	21
28	Jean	45	↓1	45
29	Lillian	44	↓13	16
30	June	43	new	86
31	Ethel	42	↓9	25
32	Louise	42	↑8	18
33	Anna	40	↓9	7
34	Bernice	40	↑8	42
35	Lucille	40	↓15	30
36	Myrtle	40	new	58
37	Eleanor	39	↓9	27
38	Thelma	39	↓7	29
39	Betty	38	↓5	44
40	Martha	37	↑4	24
41	Maxine	37	new	96
42	Vivian	37	new	77
43	Mabel	36	↓2	65
44	Agnes	34	↓11	50
45	Emma	34	new	41
46	Violet	33	new	83
47	Eva	32	↓4	55
48	Gertrude	32	↓16	35
49	Bertha	31	new	49
50	Ann	30	↓1	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	254	–	1
2	William	253	–	2
3	Robert	230	–	4
4	James	193	–	3
5	George	188	↑1	7
6	Charles	125	↓1	6
7	Harold	90	↑6	13
8	Donald	88	–	20
9	Frank	86	↑1	9
10	Edward	78	↓1	8
11	Joseph	78	↓4	5
12	Richard	71	↑6	15
13	Thomas	71	↓1	10
14	Walter	71	↑8	11
15	Harry	70	↓1	19
16	Arthur	69	↓5	18
17	Jack	67	↓1	26
18	Kenneth	63	↑6	27
19	Paul	63	–	12
20	Albert	61	↓5	17
21	Raymond	60	↑4	16
22	Henry	55	↑1	14
23	Carl	54	↑6	23
24	Francis	51	↑12	31
25	Howard	50	↓4	25
26	Roy	50	↑7	33
27	Fred	48	↓7	29
28	Clarence	47	↓11	24
29	Ralph	46	↓1	21
30	Earl	43	↓4	32
31	Norman	42	↑8	48
32	Clifford	41	↑10	61
33	Leonard	37	↑2	42
34	David	35	↓4	28
35	Herbert	35	new	40
36	Lawrence	33	↑8	38
37	Lloyd	31	↓10	58
38	Stanley	31	new	34
39	Chester	29	new	54
40	Lester	29	↑6	59
41	Ray	29	↑9	73
42	Russell	29	↓2	51
43	Alfred	28	↓11	43
44	Elmer	28	↓13	45
45	Ernest	27	↓11	36
46	Louis	27	↓1	22
47	Floyd	26	new	60
48	Eugene	24	↓10	39
49	Edwin	23	↓2	53
50	Marvin	23	new	66

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