Popular baby names in Montana, 1927

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1927 were Mary for girls (200 babies) and Robert for boys (287). Social Security records list 7,540 babies born in Montana in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1927

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: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Donna: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leona: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverly: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ellen: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Delores: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marian: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carol: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Esther: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eileen: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Glen: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Leslie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Wesley: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bill: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Dale: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Glenn: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bob: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Arnold: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Don: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	200	–	1
2	Betty	180	–	3
3	Dorothy	139	–	2
4	Helen	115	–	4
5	Margaret	83	–	5
6	Ruth	83	–	6
7	Shirley	77	–	9
8	Doris	71	↑2	7
9	Alice	67	↑3	17
10	Lois	67	↑1	19
11	Jean	61	↓2	14
12	Barbara	52	↑5	10
13	Evelyn	52	↑3	15
14	Marjorie	49	↓1	25
15	Virginia	49	↓1	8
16	Patricia	42	↓8	18
17	Phyllis	41	↑3	29
18	Beverly	40	new	57
19	Irene	40	–	21
20	Mildred	40	↑2	11
21	Florence	39	↑18	28
22	Marie	39	↑16	20
23	Joyce	38	↓5	35
24	Donna	36	↓1	70
25	Norma	36	↑8	26
26	Gladys	33	↑10	37
27	Esther	32	↑8	65
28	Frances	32	↓13	12
29	Anna	30	↓8	16
30	Eleanor	30	↑11	33
31	Marian	29	↓4	74
32	Lillian	28	↓7	32
33	Elizabeth	27	↓3	13
34	Lucille	27	↓8	45
35	Rose	27	↓1	23
36	Hazel	25	↓4	53
37	June	25	↓8	43
38	Agnes	24	↑7	81
39	Joan	24	↑9	41
40	Bernice	23	new	49
41	Ellen	23	new	93
42	Grace	23	↓14	50
43	Marion	23	new	51
44	Ruby	23	new	30
45	Audrey	22	new	62
46	Eileen	22	new	91
47	Lorraine	22	↓5	44
48	Louise	22	↑2	27
49	Elsie	21	new	72
50	Bonnie	20	new	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	287	–	1
2	John	229	–	2
3	William	202	↑1	4
4	James	167	↓1	3
5	Donald	166	–	8
6	Charles	126	–	5
7	George	106	↑1	7
8	Richard	105	↓1	6
9	Jack	94	↑1	16
10	Thomas	81	↑2	11
11	Kenneth	72	↑2	18
12	Harold	70	↓3	14
13	Frank	59	↑2	12
14	Raymond	58	↓3	15
15	Joseph	51	↑1	9
16	Walter	51	↑20	17
17	Edward	49	↓3	10
18	David	42	↑6	21
19	Eugene	42	↑3	20
20	Clarence	39	↑10	32
21	Harry	39	↓1	25
22	Arthur	35	↑10	22
23	Ralph	35	↑4	24
24	Norman	34	new	39
25	Albert	33	↓6	23
26	Fred	32	↓3	35
27	Bill	31	↑15	69
28	Henry	31	↓3	19
29	Joe	30	↑8	30
30	Paul	30	↓13	13
31	Earl	29	–	33
32	Gerald	29	↑2	38
33	Gordon	28	↑12	74
34	Melvin	27	↑1	48
35	Dale	26	↑13	81
36	Glenn	25	new	76
37	Leonard	25	↓8	40
38	Lloyd	25	↑3	58
39	Francis	24	↑7	36
40	Leo	24	new	55
41	Roy	24	↓23	34
42	Stanley	24	new	44
43	Theodore	24	new	62
44	Elmer	23	–	61
45	Floyd	23	new	53
46	Glen	22	new	>100
47	Howard	22	↓26	28
48	Louis	22	new	29
49	Lawrence	21	↓23	37
50	Leroy	21	↓3	51

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