Popular baby names in Montana, 1924

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1924 were Mary for girls (261 babies) and Robert for boys (273). Social Security records list 8,113 babies born in Montana in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1924

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

Girls

Fern: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Joyce: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Bette: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Peggy: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Violet: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patricia: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Viola: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harriet: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Patrick: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dale: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Don: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bruce: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bill: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Glen: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Gordon: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Allen: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arnold: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	261	–	1
2	Betty	189	↑1	4
3	Helen	163	↓1	3
4	Dorothy	144	–	2
5	Margaret	127	–	5
6	Ruth	94	–	6
7	Doris	72	↑4	9
8	Marjorie	72	↓1	17
9	Jean	70	↑3	16
10	Alice	67	↓1	15
11	Frances	64	↓1	10
12	Virginia	59	↓4	7
13	Lois	58	–	22
14	Patricia	56	↑4	35
15	Evelyn	53	↓1	12
16	Irene	47	↑5	18
17	Lillian	45	↑20	23
18	Shirley	44	↑11	19
19	Marie	43	↓3	14
20	Elizabeth	41	↓5	11
21	Gladys	41	↑13	30
22	Florence	40	↓2	20
23	Martha	38	↑22	21
24	Esther	37	–	51
25	Phyllis	36	–	44
26	Joyce	35	new	83
27	Lucille	35	↑4	37
28	Mildred	35	↓6	8
29	Grace	34	↑9	43
30	Lorraine	34	–	52
31	Barbara	33	↓5	28
32	June	33	↑11	45
33	Rose	32	↑14	25
34	Anna	31	↓17	13
35	Clara	30	↓12	56
36	Catherine	29	↑4	27
37	Hazel	29	↑5	42
38	Thelma	29	↓6	33
39	Violet	29	new	88
40	Katherine	28	new	59
41	Viola	28	new	82
42	Agnes	27	↑8	63
43	Edith	27	↓15	36
44	Ethel	27	↓3	39
45	Kathryn	27	new	81
46	Marian	27	↓2	64
47	Norma	25	↓11	40
48	Eleanor	24	↓15	29
49	Louise	24	↓10	24
50	Maxine	24	↓4	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	273	–	1
2	John	257	–	2
3	William	216	–	3
4	James	208	–	4
5	Donald	140	↑1	10
6	George	113	↑1	6
7	Charles	98	↓2	5
8	Jack	91	–	17
9	Richard	90	–	8
10	Harold	80	↑1	13
11	Frank	73	↑2	12
12	Kenneth	68	↑4	19
13	Thomas	68	↑2	11
14	Raymond	65	↑3	15
15	Edward	63	↓3	9
16	Walter	51	↓2	16
17	Joseph	49	↓7	7
18	Arthur	47	↑1	20
19	Harry	47	↓1	22
20	Albert	45	↑11	21
21	David	45	↑4	24
22	Paul	42	↓2	14
23	Henry	39	–	18
24	Carl	37	↑11	27
25	Fred	37	↑12	32
26	Howard	34	↑1	26
27	Ralph	34	↓6	23
28	Eugene	32	↓2	25
29	Calvin	31	new	44
30	Clarence	30	↓8	29
31	Dale	30	new	84
32	Earl	30	↑4	33
33	Leo	28	↑17	51
34	Roy	28	↓10	31
35	Gerald	27	↓2	49
36	Gordon	27	new	75
37	Lloyd	27	↑9	61
38	Melvin	27	new	48
39	Clifford	26	↓7	64
40	Joe	26	↑5	35
41	Norman	24	↓11	42
42	Bill	23	new	92
43	Daniel	23	↓5	47
44	Ernest	22	new	37
45	Allen	20	new	94
46	Arnold	20	new	95
47	Francis	20	↓19	34
48	Stanley	20	↓1	40
49	Lawrence	19	↓20	36
50	Lyle	19	new	>100

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