Popular baby names in Montana, 1923

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1923 were Mary for girls (256 babies) and Robert for boys (335). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,410 babies born in Montana in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1923

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

Girls

Bette: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peggy: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patricia: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Verna: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joyce: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harriet: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lois: 63 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marjorie: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maxine: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ellen: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leslie: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Don: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Clifford: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bill: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jack: 94 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donald: 130 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gerald: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dale: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	256	–	1
2	Helen	175	↑1	3
3	Betty	167	↑2	5
4	Dorothy	155	↓2	2
5	Margaret	130	↓1	4
6	Ruth	96	–	6
7	Marjorie	77	↑1	16
8	Virginia	76	↑1	7
9	Alice	71	↓2	15
10	Frances	71	↑2	10
11	Doris	68	↓1	11
12	Jean	63	↑10	19
13	Lois	63	↑3	27
14	Evelyn	56	↓3	12
15	Elizabeth	55	–	9
16	Marie	52	↑1	14
17	Anna	49	↑7	13
18	Patricia	45	↑20	56
19	Edna	40	new	32
20	Florence	40	↓7	18
21	Irene	39	↓7	17
22	Mildred	39	↓4	8
23	Clara	38	new	49
24	Esther	37	↓5	47
25	Phyllis	37	↓5	45
26	Barbara	36	↑9	33
27	Bernice	36	↑21	43
28	Edith	36	↑4	36
29	Shirley	36	↑10	26
30	Lorraine	35	↑19	57
31	Lucille	35	↓10	35
32	Thelma	35	↑11	31
33	Eleanor	34	↓10	28
34	Gladys	33	↑2	29
35	Marion	33	new	44
36	Norma	33	new	41
37	Lillian	32	↓11	20
38	Grace	30	↓5	39
39	Louise	30	↑1	22
40	Catherine	29	↓11	24
41	Ethel	27	↓11	38
42	Hazel	27	↓17	40
43	June	27	↓2	42
44	Marian	27	↓13	65
45	Martha	27	new	21
46	Maxine	27	↓4	76
47	Rose	27	↓1	23
48	Ruby	27	new	25
49	Elsie	25	↓22	61
50	Agnes	24	↓22	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	335	–	2
2	John	242	–	1
3	William	219	–	3
4	James	189	–	4
5	Charles	150	↑2	5
6	Donald	130	–	10
7	George	130	↓2	6
8	Jack	94	↑1	17
9	Richard	90	↓1	9
10	Joseph	81	↑4	7
11	Harold	74	↓1	13
12	Edward	73	↓1	8
13	Frank	69	–	11
14	Walter	69	↑6	16
15	Thomas	67	↑2	12
16	Kenneth	65	↓4	21
17	Raymond	63	↓1	15
18	Harry	54	↑1	22
19	Arthur	52	↓4	19
20	Paul	50	↓2	14
21	Ralph	44	↑6	23
22	Clarence	42	↑7	29
23	Henry	42	↑2	18
24	Roy	42	↑9	32
25	David	39	↑6	24
26	Eugene	37	↓4	25
27	Howard	36	↓1	26
28	Francis	34	–	34
29	Lawrence	34	↑6	36
30	Norman	33	–	44
31	Albert	32	↓10	20
32	Clifford	32	↑10	65
33	Gerald	30	↑15	54
34	Louis	30	↑15	27
35	Carl	28	↑6	28
36	Earl	27	↓12	31
37	Fred	27	↓14	33
38	Daniel	26	↑7	47
39	Theodore	24	↑7	62
40	Leonard	23	↓2	37
41	Warren	23	↓1	43
42	Alfred	22	new	42
43	Chester	22	new	63
44	Elmer	22	↓5	57
45	Joe	22	new	35
46	Lloyd	22	↓14	59
47	Stanley	22	new	41
48	Wallace	22	↓5	69
49	Herbert	21	new	40
50	Leo	21	↓13	49

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