Popular baby names in Montana, 1918

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1918 were Mary for girls (342 babies) and John for boys (393). Social Security records list 12,017 babies born in Montana in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1918

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

Girls

Lydia: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joyce: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carol: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patricia: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elsie: 68 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ellen: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dolores: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marjorie: 89 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jean: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jeanne: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Bert: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Don: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ray: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Arnold: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenn: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Douglas: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Glen: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Orville: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	342	–	1
2	Helen	278	–	2
3	Dorothy	241	↑1	3
4	Margaret	231	↓1	4
5	Ruth	190	–	5
6	Evelyn	110	↑3	11
7	Frances	110	–	8
8	Alice	107	↓2	13
9	Mildred	105	↓1	6
10	Florence	90	↑11	14
11	Marjorie	89	↑3	34
12	Virginia	86	↓2	7
13	Betty	83	↑14	21
14	Marie	83	↑3	12
15	Jean	77	↑15	37
16	Gladys	76	↓1	22
17	Irene	75	↑2	16
18	Doris	71	↓7	19
19	Hazel	71	↓7	33
20	Elizabeth	69	↑4	9
21	Edna	68	↓3	23
22	Elsie	68	↑13	49
23	Anna	66	↓1	10
24	Lillian	64	↓1	15
25	Rose	64	↑1	17
26	Lois	60	↓10	42
27	Lucille	58	↓14	29
28	Edith	57	–	30
29	Esther	56	↓4	38
30	Martha	55	↑9	25
31	Eleanor	52	↑6	26
32	Ruby	50	↑12	27
33	Catherine	47	↓1	20
34	Grace	47	↑2	31
35	Barbara	46	new	60
36	Katherine	45	new	50
37	Louise	45	↓6	18
38	June	44	↓5	66
39	Agnes	43	↓10	47
40	Ethel	43	↓20	28
41	Lorraine	42	new	69
42	Bernice	41	↓1	41
43	Clara	40	–	43
44	Marian	39	↓4	76
45	Ellen	38	↑1	92
46	Pearl	38	new	56
47	Ann	37	new	44
48	Kathryn	37	↑2	63
49	Pauline	37	new	35
50	Myrtle	36	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	John	393	–	1
2	Robert	296	↑1	4
3	William	281	↓1	2
4	James	213	–	3
5	George	196	–	6
6	Charles	167	–	5
7	Harold	113	↑2	13
8	Joseph	109	↑3	7
9	Donald	106	↓2	18
10	Frank	98	–	9
11	Richard	96	↑2	12
12	Thomas	91	↑2	10
13	Arthur	90	↑2	17
14	Edward	90	↓2	8
15	Jack	86	↑4	21
16	Raymond	86	↑4	15
17	Walter	83	↓9	11
18	Kenneth	82	–	27
19	Harry	71	↓3	20
20	Henry	60	↓3	16
21	Albert	59	↑2	19
22	Ralph	59	↑4	22
23	Howard	57	↓2	26
24	Clarence	56	↓2	23
25	Paul	54	↑6	14
26	Lawrence	50	↑11	38
27	Roy	50	–	32
28	Carl	45	↑1	25
29	Earl	45	↓5	31
30	Ernest	45	↑11	37
31	Ray	45	↑16	69
32	Leonard	44	↑4	41
33	Francis	43	↓8	30
34	Fred	43	↓6	33
35	Lloyd	43	↓5	51
36	David	40	↓4	28
37	Eugene	38	↑11	35
38	Louis	37	↑6	24
39	Elmer	34	↑4	44
40	Floyd	33	↑9	61
41	Victor	33	new	63
42	Stanley	32	new	36
43	Glenn	31	new	84
44	Clifford	30	↓5	60
45	Edwin	30	↓5	55
46	Joe	30	↓13	34
47	Lester	30	new	62
48	Herbert	29	↓6	40
49	Arnold	28	↓4	92
50	Bernard	28	new	47

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