Popular baby names in Montana, 1929

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1929 were Betty for girls (220 babies) and Robert for boys (306). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,786 babies born in Montana in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1929

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

Girls

Ramona: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donna: 68 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Violet: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marian: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mae: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beverly: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Viola: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Esther: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bob: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Larry: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Duane: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leslie: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bill: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Patrick: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Glen: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Victor: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gordon: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Betty	220	–	2
2	Mary	211	–	1
3	Helen	113	↑1	4
4	Dorothy	112	↓1	3
5	Shirley	102	↑2	9
6	Patricia	83	↑4	10
7	Margaret	74	↓1	5
8	Donna	68	↑11	47
9	Ruth	67	↓4	8
10	Virginia	64	↑3	11
11	Barbara	63	↑3	7
12	Lois	60	↓4	17
13	Doris	55	↓2	6
14	Marjorie	55	↓2	30
15	Dolores	54	↑7	14
16	Beverly	52	↑8	39
17	Joyce	52	↓1	23
18	Jean	50	↑2	12
19	Alice	47	↓10	21
20	Evelyn	45	↓3	19
21	Frances	43	↓3	16
22	Gladys	36	new	44
23	Lorraine	36	↑9	42
24	Phyllis	36	↓9	24
25	Anna	35	↑8	20
26	Ramona	34	↑22	>100
27	Joan	33	new	13
28	June	32	↓7	48
29	Marian	32	↑7	75
30	Marie	32	↓4	22
31	Irene	31	↓3	29
32	Carol	29	↓5	63
33	Elizabeth	27	↓10	15
34	Esther	27	↑7	71
35	Louise	27	↑3	31
36	Geraldine	26	new	43
37	Marilyn	26	new	33
38	Rose	26	↓9	26
39	Mildred	25	↓8	18
40	Violet	25	new	>100
41	Edna	24	new	51
42	Lillian	24	↓7	40
43	Martha	24	↑4	27
44	Norma	24	↓10	25
45	Catherine	23	–	34
46	Elsie	23	new	78
47	Gloria	23	↓5	28
48	Hazel	23	↓5	64
49	Delores	22	new	74
50	Elaine	22	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	306	–	1
2	John	209	–	3
3	William	200	↑1	4
4	Donald	194	↑1	7
5	James	193	↓2	2
6	Richard	125	–	6
7	Charles	105	–	5
8	Jack	99	↑1	14
9	George	90	↓1	8
10	Raymond	70	↑3	15
11	Harold	64	–	16
12	Thomas	62	–	11
13	Frank	58	↑5	12
14	Joseph	57	↑1	9
15	Edward	56	↓1	10
16	Kenneth	56	↓6	18
17	David	45	–	17
18	Albert	43	↑2	24
19	Walter	43	–	19
20	Arthur	41	↓4	22
21	Eugene	41	–	20
22	Paul	37	–	13
23	Harry	36	–	27
24	Henry	35	↑20	21
25	Bill	33	–	63
26	Bob	32	↑14	89
27	Herbert	31	new	25
28	Ralph	31	↑3	26
29	Carl	30	new	28
30	Earl	30	↓4	36
31	Roy	29	↓3	35
32	Lawrence	28	↓5	38
33	Gerald	27	↑1	33
34	Melvin	27	↑11	49
35	Alfred	26	↑12	41
36	Fred	26	↓3	34
37	Marvin	25	↓7	46
38	Ronald	25	new	45
39	Ernest	24	new	43
40	Francis	24	↓11	39
41	Norman	24	↓3	40
42	Clarence	23	↓18	37
43	Gene	23	new	68
44	Howard	23	↓9	31
45	Leonard	23	↓9	42
46	Elmer	22	↑4	70
47	Gordon	22	new	79
48	Lloyd	22	↓7	62
49	Ray	22	↓3	57
50	Daniel	21	new	47

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