Popular baby names in Montana, 1920

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1920 were Mary for girls (311 babies) and Robert for boys (322). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,839 babies born in Montana in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1920

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

Girls

Joyce: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bette: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Fern: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Maxine: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patricia: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeanne: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
June: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lois: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Katherine: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Vivian: 36 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Don: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gordon: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wesley: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donald: 130 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glen: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wayne: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Everett: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	311	–	1
2	Helen	245	–	3
3	Dorothy	192	–	2
4	Margaret	166	–	4
5	Ruth	147	–	5
6	Alice	99	–	15
7	Betty	99	↑1	11
8	Frances	84	↓1	9
9	Virginia	84	↑1	7
10	Florence	79	↑6	16
11	Evelyn	74	↑1	12
12	Elizabeth	72	↓1	8
13	Mildred	71	↓4	6
14	Marjorie	63	↑3	24
15	Lois	60	↑7	38
16	Doris	57	↑7	14
17	Marie	57	↑2	13
18	Irene	56	↑3	17
19	Jean	55	↓5	33
20	Gladys	54	↓5	22
21	Lillian	53	↑14	18
22	Hazel	51	↓9	34
23	June	48	↑4	53
24	Esther	47	↓4	39
25	Katherine	46	↑24	45
26	Edith	45	↑3	32
27	Ethel	45	↑5	30
28	Josephine	43	↑10	28
29	Lucille	43	↓11	29
30	Edna	42	↓6	27
31	Catherine	41	↑9	21
32	Grace	41	↓7	37
33	Rose	40	↓5	20
34	Elsie	39	↓1	51
35	Clara	38	↑12	44
36	Maxine	38	new	81
37	Anna	37	↓11	10
38	Martha	36	↓8	23
39	Vivian	36	new	64
40	Lorraine	35	↓3	70
41	Ruby	34	↑1	26
42	Phyllis	33	↑2	72
43	Shirley	33	new	56
44	Louise	32	↓1	19
45	Thelma	32	new	31
46	Vera	32	new	75
47	Eleanor	31	↓11	25
48	Joyce	31	new	>100
49	Myrtle	30	new	68
50	Barbara	29	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	322	↑1	3
2	John	308	↓1	1
3	William	290	–	2
4	James	211	–	4
5	Charles	149	↑1	5
6	George	142	↓1	6
7	Donald	130	–	16
8	Harold	96	–	12
9	Edward	86	↑2	8
10	Frank	80	↑2	9
11	Jack	80	↑2	20
12	Joseph	80	↑3	7
13	Richard	80	↓4	10
14	Kenneth	69	↑3	23
15	Raymond	69	↓1	15
16	Arthur	64	↑5	18
17	Albert	61	↑2	19
18	Harry	61	↑15	21
19	Henry	60	↑3	17
20	Clarence	59	↑5	26
21	Paul	58	↓3	14
22	Walter	58	↓6	13
23	Howard	57	↓3	24
24	Thomas	56	↓14	11
25	Roy	53	↑6	32
26	Francis	44	↑4	34
27	Ralph	44	↓3	22
28	David	42	↓1	25
29	Fred	41	↑7	33
30	Earl	40	↓7	31
31	Carl	39	↓2	27
32	Ernest	38	↑6	37
33	Leonard	38	↓7	38
34	Eugene	37	↑1	30
35	Warren	35	new	39
36	Elmer	32	new	45
37	Norman	32	↑3	47
38	Clifford	31	↑4	59
39	Gordon	30	↑6	85
40	Leo	29	↑1	48
41	Peter	28	new	57
42	Lloyd	27	↓14	58
43	Joe	26	↓6	35
44	Melvin	26	new	54
45	Lawrence	25	↓11	36
46	Theodore	25	new	63
47	Vernon	25	↓15	65
48	Alfred	24	new	42
49	Floyd	24	new	61
50	Maurice	24	new	>100

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