Popular baby names in Montana, 1926

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1926 were Mary for girls (217 babies) and Robert for boys (308). Social Security records list 7,570 babies born in Montana in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1926

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

Girls

Lila: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harriet: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Marian: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patricia: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joyce: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Violet: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eva: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Viola: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leona: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keith: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patrick: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Glen: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ray: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vernon: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bill: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gordon: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dale: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	217	–	1
2	Betty	191	–	3
3	Dorothy	147	↑1	2
4	Helen	133	↓1	4
5	Margaret	122	–	5
6	Ruth	98	–	6
7	Shirley	72	↑7	14
8	Patricia	65	–	23
9	Jean	64	↑3	12
10	Doris	61	↑1	7
11	Lois	61	↓1	19
12	Alice	59	↓5	17
13	Marjorie	58	–	22
14	Virginia	54	↓5	8
15	Frances	51	↑1	10
16	Evelyn	49	↓1	13
17	Barbara	46	↑1	16
18	Joyce	42	↑9	44
19	Irene	41	–	21
20	Phyllis	41	↑9	33
21	Anna	39	↑3	15
22	Mildred	36	–	9
23	Donna	34	↑14	90
24	Edna	33	↑11	38
25	Lillian	33	↓4	28
26	Lucille	33	↑8	43
27	Marian	33	↑18	70
28	Grace	32	new	46
29	June	31	↓12	40
30	Elizabeth	30	↓10	11
31	Ethel	30	new	41
32	Hazel	30	↑11	48
33	Norma	30	↓5	29
34	Rose	30	↑6	25
35	Esther	29	↓5	62
36	Gladys	28	↓5	35
37	Gloria	28	new	20
38	Marie	27	↓12	18
39	Florence	26	↓16	26
40	Clara	25	↑2	61
41	Eleanor	25	↓5	32
42	Lorraine	25	↓9	53
43	Eva	24	new	79
44	Martha	24	↓5	24
45	Agnes	23	↑5	77
46	Dolores	22	new	49
47	Harriet	22	new	>100
48	Joan	22	new	51
49	Josephine	22	↓17	37
50	Louise	22	↓6	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	308	–	1
2	John	227	–	2
3	James	204	↑1	3
4	William	197	↓1	4
5	Donald	127	↑1	9
6	Charles	115	↑1	5
7	Richard	108	↑1	7
8	George	107	↓3	6
9	Harold	81	↑6	14
10	Jack	70	↑4	16
11	Raymond	59	↑2	15
12	Thomas	59	↓3	11
13	Kenneth	56	↑7	18
14	Edward	55	↓4	10
15	Frank	51	↓4	12
16	Joseph	47	↓4	8
17	Paul	39	↑2	13
18	Roy	39	↑13	34
19	Albert	38	↓1	21
20	Harry	38	↑2	25
21	Howard	38	↑2	27
22	Eugene	37	↓1	23
23	Fred	37	↑4	31
24	David	36	↑1	22
25	Henry	36	↑8	19
26	Lawrence	33	↓2	36
27	Ralph	33	↑3	24
28	Carl	32	↑7	26
29	Leonard	32	↑5	38
30	Clarence	31	↑9	29
31	Earl	31	↑9	32
32	Arthur	30	↓16	20
33	Ray	29	new	57
34	Gerald	27	new	41
35	Melvin	27	↑1	47
36	Walter	27	↓19	17
37	Joe	26	new	33
38	Bob	24	new	>100
39	Vernon	24	↑10	66
40	Herbert	23	new	44
41	Lloyd	22	↓15	60
42	Bill	21	↓5	74
43	Daniel	21	new	46
44	Elmer	21	↓1	61
45	Gordon	21	new	76
46	Francis	20	↓18	35
47	Leroy	20	new	51
48	Dale	19	new	84
49	Lyle	19	new	>100
50	Clifford	18	↓8	62

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