Popular baby names in Montana, 1917

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1917 were Mary for girls (289 babies) and John for boys (381). Social Security records list 11,342 babies born in Montana in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1917

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

Girls

Luella: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Olive: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fern: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Joyce: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
June: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lydia: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patricia: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marian: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Violet: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lois: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Glen: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arnold: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Emil: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leslie: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donald: 121 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vernon: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	289	–	1
2	Helen	280	↑1	2
3	Margaret	233	↓1	4
4	Dorothy	223	–	3
5	Ruth	168	–	5
6	Alice	108	–	13
7	Frances	108	–	9
8	Mildred	97	–	6
9	Evelyn	94	–	11
10	Virginia	79	–	10
11	Doris	73	↑1	25
12	Hazel	73	↑8	31
13	Lucille	72	↑22	29
14	Marjorie	72	↑7	36
15	Gladys	71	↓2	23
16	Lois	70	↑3	43
17	Marie	69	↑5	12
18	Edna	67	–	20
19	Irene	67	↓3	17
20	Ethel	63	↑11	24
21	Florence	62	↓6	14
22	Anna	61	↑11	7
23	Lillian	61	↑6	15
24	Elizabeth	60	↓13	8
25	Esther	60	↓8	38
26	Rose	59	↓1	16
27	Betty	54	↑12	34
28	Edith	53	↓4	28
29	Agnes	52	↑15	48
30	Jean	51	↓2	40
31	Louise	51	↑1	19
32	Catherine	49	↓9	18
33	June	49	↓3	73
34	Thelma	47	↑4	32
35	Elsie	46	new	50
36	Grace	46	↓10	30
37	Eleanor	45	–	26
38	Gertrude	45	↑10	37
39	Martha	45	↑1	22
40	Marian	43	new	74
41	Bernice	41	↓7	42
42	Violet	40	↑4	84
43	Clara	39	↓29	41
44	Ruby	39	new	27
45	Vera	37	new	66
46	Ellen	36	new	90
47	Josephine	36	↓20	21
48	Vivian	36	↓6	79
49	Emma	35	↓4	46
50	Kathryn	35	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	John	381	–	1
2	William	301	–	2
3	Robert	289	–	4
4	James	210	–	3
5	George	175	–	6
6	Charles	171	–	7
7	Donald	121	↑1	20
8	Walter	102	↑6	11
9	Harold	101	↓2	12
10	Frank	94	↓1	9
11	Joseph	91	–	5
12	Edward	90	↓2	8
13	Richard	86	↓1	14
14	Thomas	86	↓1	10
15	Arthur	75	↑1	17
16	Harry	71	↓1	19
17	Henry	69	↑5	15
18	Kenneth	69	–	27
19	Jack	65	↓2	22
20	Raymond	64	↑1	16
21	Howard	62	↑4	26
22	Clarence	60	↑6	25
23	Albert	57	↓3	18
24	Earl	56	↑6	32
25	Francis	55	↓1	30
26	Ralph	55	↑3	21
27	Roy	55	↓1	33
28	Fred	52	↓1	29
29	Carl	50	↓6	24
30	Lloyd	49	↑7	53
31	Paul	48	↓12	13
32	David	43	↑2	28
33	Joe	39	new	35
34	Norman	39	↓3	46
35	Leo	38	new	47
36	Leonard	37	↓3	41
37	Lawrence	36	↓1	36
38	Vernon	34	new	71
39	Clifford	33	↓7	59
40	Edwin	32	↑9	55
41	Ernest	32	↑4	37
42	Herbert	32	↓7	40
43	Elmer	29	↑1	45
44	Louis	29	↑2	23
45	Arnold	28	new	91
46	Alfred	27	↓3	43
47	Ray	27	↓6	74
48	Eugene	26	–	39
49	Floyd	25	↓2	62
50	Gerald	25	new	69

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