Popular baby names in Montana, 1921

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1921 were Mary for girls (326 babies) and Robert for boys (305). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,593 babies born in Montana in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1921

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

Girls

Donna: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Carol: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joyce: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marian: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Audrey: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patricia: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rosemary: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
June: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Maxine: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Orville: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Don: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wesley: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gordon: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Donald: 143 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Glenn: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Everett: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jack: 103 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wilbur: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	326	–	1
2	Dorothy	206	↑1	2
3	Helen	187	↓1	3
4	Margaret	153	–	4
5	Betty	128	↑2	8
6	Ruth	122	↓1	5
7	Virginia	91	↑2	6
8	Doris	85	↑8	13
9	Alice	84	↓3	15
10	Marjorie	77	↑4	16
11	Evelyn	75	–	12
12	Elizabeth	74	–	10
13	Jean	71	↑6	25
14	Mildred	68	↓1	7
15	Florence	67	↓5	17
16	Marie	65	↑1	14
17	Frances	62	↓9	9
18	Gladys	55	↑2	24
19	Hazel	51	↑3	34
20	Anna	50	↑17	11
21	Edna	50	↑9	27
22	Grace	50	↑10	35
23	Esther	48	↑1	42
24	Rose	48	↑9	20
25	Lois	46	↓10	38
26	Irene	44	↓8	18
27	Barbara	43	↑23	40
28	Clara	43	↑7	45
29	June	43	↓6	50
30	Marian	42	new	69
31	Ethel	41	↓4	32
32	Elsie	39	↑2	55
33	Lillian	39	↓12	19
34	Lucille	38	↓5	31
35	Phyllis	38	↑7	60
36	Martha	37	↑2	21
37	Thelma	37	↑8	30
38	Agnes	35	new	56
39	Edith	35	↓13	33
40	Lorraine	35	–	61
41	Audrey	34	new	82
42	Katherine	34	↓17	49
43	Louise	34	↑1	22
44	Patricia	34	new	84
45	Bernice	33	new	39
46	Catherine	33	↓15	23
47	Ruby	32	↓6	26
48	Maxine	30	↓12	77
49	Eva	29	new	63
50	Kathryn	29	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	305	–	2
2	John	286	–	1
3	William	249	–	3
4	James	227	–	4
5	George	147	↑1	6
6	Donald	143	↑1	13
7	Charles	126	↓2	5
8	Richard	104	↑5	10
9	Jack	103	↑2	18
10	Edward	92	↓1	8
11	Frank	81	↓1	9
12	Raymond	81	↑3	16
13	Joseph	75	↓1	7
14	Thomas	73	↑10	11
15	Kenneth	72	↓1	22
16	Arthur	70	–	19
17	Harold	70	↓9	12
18	Warren	62	↑17	24
19	Walter	57	↑3	15
20	Eugene	55	↑14	26
21	Paul	53	–	14
22	Ralph	48	↑5	23
23	Albert	45	↓6	20
24	Henry	43	↓5	17
25	Roy	43	–	32
26	Fred	41	↑3	33
27	Lawrence	41	↑18	37
28	Francis	39	↓2	35
29	Harry	38	↓11	21
30	Clarence	34	↓10	28
31	Russell	34	new	52
32	Howard	33	↓9	27
33	Earl	31	↓3	31
34	Leo	30	↑6	50
35	David	27	↓7	25
36	Ernest	27	↓4	38
37	Louis	27	new	29
38	Melvin	27	↑6	53
39	Ray	27	new	67
40	Stanley	27	new	41
41	Edwin	26	new	54
42	Glenn	26	new	80
43	Gordon	26	↓4	84
44	Joe	26	↓1	36
45	Carl	25	↓14	30
46	Lloyd	25	↓4	58
47	Clifford	24	↓9	62
48	Daniel	24	new	49
49	Norman	24	↓12	46
50	Elmer	23	↓14	48

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