Popular baby names in Montana, 1928

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1928 were Betty for girls (203 babies) and Robert for boys (278). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,839 babies born in Montana in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1928

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

Girls

Carol: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donna: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Ramona: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Maxine: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marjorie: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
June: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathryn: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joyce: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Beverly: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jim: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tom: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bob: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wallace: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenn: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	203	↑1	2
2	Mary	200	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	166	–	3
4	Helen	119	–	4
5	Ruth	82	↑1	6
6	Margaret	80	↓1	5
7	Shirley	80	–	10
8	Lois	67	↑2	18
9	Alice	66	–	19
10	Patricia	64	↑6	11
11	Doris	61	↓3	7
12	Marjorie	60	↑2	29
13	Virginia	55	↑2	9
14	Barbara	53	↓2	8
15	Phyllis	52	↑2	26
16	Joyce	51	↑7	30
17	Evelyn	47	↓4	17
18	Frances	45	↑10	13
19	Donna	44	↑5	61
20	Jean	44	↓9	12
21	June	44	↑16	44
22	Dolores	41	new	20
23	Elizabeth	39	↑10	14
24	Beverly	37	↓6	46
25	Florence	36	↓4	32
26	Marie	36	↓4	21
27	Carol	35	new	77
28	Irene	35	↓9	28
29	Rose	35	↑6	24
30	Grace	34	↑12	52
31	Mildred	34	↓11	15
32	Lorraine	33	↑15	39
33	Anna	32	↓4	16
34	Norma	30	↓9	23
35	Lillian	29	↓3	35
36	Marian	27	↓5	71
37	Audrey	26	↑8	60
38	Louise	26	↑10	31
39	Maxine	26	new	84
40	Ruby	25	↑4	34
41	Esther	24	↓14	66
42	Gloria	23	new	25
43	Hazel	23	↓7	59
44	Marion	23	↓1	47
45	Catherine	22	new	33
46	Edith	22	new	56
47	Martha	22	new	22
48	Ramona	22	new	>100
49	Clara	21	new	65
50	Kathryn	21	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	278	–	1
2	John	221	–	2
3	James	212	↑1	3
4	William	190	↓1	4
5	Donald	189	–	7
6	Richard	119	↑2	6
7	Charles	106	↓1	5
8	George	95	↓1	8
9	Jack	75	–	15
10	Kenneth	69	↑1	17
11	Harold	66	↑1	14
12	Thomas	66	↓2	11
13	Raymond	64	↑1	16
14	Edward	61	↑3	10
15	Joseph	54	–	9
16	Arthur	53	↑6	22
17	David	51	↑1	19
18	Frank	51	↓5	12
19	Walter	50	↓3	18
20	Albert	46	↑5	23
21	Eugene	45	↓2	20
22	Paul	44	↑8	13
23	Harry	38	↓2	26
24	Clarence	33	↓4	35
25	Bill	32	↑2	64
26	Earl	31	↑5	37
27	Lawrence	30	↑22	38
28	Roy	30	↑13	34
29	Francis	29	↑10	40
30	Marvin	29	new	46
31	Ralph	29	↓8	24
32	Stanley	29	↑10	45
33	Fred	28	↓7	36
34	Gerald	27	↓2	41
35	Howard	26	↑12	31
36	Leonard	26	↑1	42
37	Glenn	24	↓1	76
38	Norman	24	↓14	39
39	Russell	24	new	55
40	Bob	23	new	95
41	Lloyd	23	↓3	59
42	Wayne	23	new	69
43	Dick	22	new	>100
44	Henry	22	↓16	21
45	Melvin	22	↓11	48
46	Ray	22	new	57
47	Alfred	21	new	33
48	Don	21	new	84
49	Duane	21	new	>100
50	Elmer	21	↓6	63

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