Popular baby names in Montana, 1931

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1931 were Mary for girls (184 babies) and Robert for boys (251). Social Security records list 7,230 babies born in Montana in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1931

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

Girls

Donna: 98 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darlene: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leona: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Delores: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marlene: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Velma: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Beverly: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Violet: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Maxine: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Patsy: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Gary: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jim: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keith: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Glen: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clifford: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bob: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Larry: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dale: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	184	–	1
2	Betty	166	–	2
3	Dorothy	103	–	3
4	Patricia	100	↑2	8
5	Donna	98	↑4	32
6	Shirley	88	↓1	9
7	Helen	86	↓3	6
8	Margaret	73	–	7
9	Barbara	68	↓2	4
10	Beverly	62	↑3	31
11	Joyce	59	↓1	15
12	Alice	54	↑4	21
13	Doris	53	↑4	10
14	Joan	53	↑4	5
15	Ruth	52	↓4	11
16	Jean	49	↓1	13
17	Virginia	47	↑2	12
18	Evelyn	44	↑3	24
19	Lois	43	↓7	20
20	Delores	40	new	58
21	Dolores	39	↓7	14
22	Frances	35	–	18
23	June	34	↑8	44
24	Marjorie	34	↓1	34
25	Mildred	33	↑25	26
26	Phyllis	33	↓6	29
27	Norma	32	↑1	22
28	Marie	31	↑4	27
29	Marilyn	31	↓5	19
30	Carol	30	↑4	46
31	Peggy	30	new	42
32	Florence	28	↑3	43
33	Louise	27	↑11	33
34	Irene	26	↓9	37
35	Marlene	26	new	95
36	Gladys	25	new	55
37	Joanne	25	↑11	68
38	Elizabeth	24	↑1	16
39	Lillian	23	↓3	47
40	Ruby	22	new	39
41	Edith	21	new	65
42	Hazel	21	↓1	74
43	Anna	20	↓10	25
44	Darlene	20	new	>100
45	Esther	20	↓5	79
46	Gloria	20	↑1	23
47	Patsy	20	new	83
48	Ann	19	↓2	35
49	Charlotte	19	new	75
50	Edna	19	↓24	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	251	–	1
2	John	220	↑2	3
3	Donald	180	↑2	7
4	William	168	↓2	4
5	James	167	↓2	2
6	Richard	154	–	5
7	Charles	101	–	6
8	George	99	–	8
9	Jack	72	–	15
10	Kenneth	70	–	14
11	Edward	59	–	11
12	Harold	59	↑4	18
13	Frank	51	↑4	16
14	Thomas	51	↓2	10
15	Raymond	45	↓1	17
16	Joseph	44	↓3	9
17	David	43	↑1	13
18	Harry	42	↑9	30
19	Eugene	40	↓4	21
20	Ronald	39	↑4	27
21	Albert	38	↓2	24
22	Ralph	37	↑15	25
23	Arthur	36	↑2	23
24	Walter	36	↑4	20
25	Gerald	34	↓5	26
26	Bill	32	↓5	57
27	Henry	31	↑9	22
28	Lawrence	30	↑6	38
29	Clarence	29	↑2	39
30	Fred	29	↓8	33
31	Paul	29	↓8	12
32	Howard	27	↓6	34
33	Don	26	↑5	59
34	Ray	26	↑15	60
35	Dale	25	new	62
36	Clifford	24	new	75
37	Earl	24	↓8	40
38	Joe	23	new	29
39	Gene	22	↑6	64
40	Jerry	22	↑8	43
41	Lloyd	22	↓6	68
42	Marvin	22	↑1	45
43	Roy	22	↓3	35
44	Wayne	22	↓3	58
45	Bob	21	new	78
46	Leonard	21	↓14	48
47	Jim	20	↓1	>100
48	Larry	20	new	88
49	Louis	20	new	37
50	Norman	20	↓17	36

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