Popular baby names in Montana, 1932

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1932 were Mary for girls (192 babies) and Robert for boys (230). Social Security records list 6,936 babies born in Montana in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1932

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: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 94 babies, 4× the national rate
Violet: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darlene: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beverly: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marjorie: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marlene: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joann: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Elsie: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 27 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Gary: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keith: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Duane: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Don: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Bob: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vernon: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	192	–	1
2	Betty	168	–	2
3	Dorothy	99	–	4
4	Donna	94	↑1	29
5	Shirley	94	↑1	9
6	Patricia	88	↓2	6
7	Barbara	76	↑2	3
8	Helen	74	↓1	8
9	Joyce	66	↑2	12
10	Margaret	66	↓2	7
11	Beverly	60	↓1	28
12	Lois	57	↑7	20
13	Ruth	57	↑2	11
14	Joan	55	–	5
15	Dolores	51	↑6	18
16	Alice	44	↓4	21
17	Doris	44	↓4	10
18	Virginia	43	↓1	14
19	Marjorie	41	↑5	37
20	Carol	38	↑10	32
21	Frances	38	↑1	19
22	June	33	↑1	44
23	Nancy	33	new	13
24	Jean	32	↓8	15
25	Marilyn	32	↑4	16
26	Evelyn	30	↓8	23
27	Norma	28	–	22
28	Phyllis	27	↓2	30
29	Rose	27	new	33
30	Anna	24	↑13	24
31	Elizabeth	24	↑7	17
32	Irene	24	↑2	43
33	Marlene	24	↑2	78
34	Florence	23	↓2	47
35	Joann	23	new	79
36	Delores	22	↓16	56
37	Peggy	22	↓6	40
38	Ann	21	↑10	34
39	Charlotte	21	↑10	74
40	Joanne	21	↓3	62
41	Lorraine	21	new	55
42	Violet	21	new	>100
43	Bonnie	20	new	64
44	Darlene	20	–	>100
45	Edith	20	↓4	69
46	Roberta	20	new	>100
47	Audrey	19	new	61
48	Edna	19	↑2	50
49	Elsie	19	new	97
50	Geraldine	19	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	230	–	1
2	John	183	–	3
3	James	177	↑2	2
4	Donald	167	↓1	7
5	William	157	↓1	4
6	Richard	134	–	5
7	Charles	94	–	6
8	George	79	–	8
9	Thomas	69	↑5	10
10	Jack	62	↓1	17
11	Kenneth	58	↓1	14
12	Harold	52	–	18
13	Raymond	51	↑2	19
14	Ronald	51	↑6	16
15	Frank	46	↓2	15
16	Edward	43	↓5	11
17	Joseph	43	↓1	9
18	Walter	43	↑6	21
19	Gerald	39	↑6	24
20	David	36	↓3	12
21	Don	35	↑12	55
22	Wayne	32	↑22	57
23	Clarence	31	↑6	40
24	Bill	30	↑2	58
25	Fred	30	↑5	33
26	Eugene	28	↓7	22
27	Dick	27	new	>100
28	Joe	26	↑10	29
29	Bob	25	↑16	79
30	Ralph	25	↓8	27
31	Lloyd	24	↑10	71
32	Norman	24	↑18	37
33	Arthur	23	↓10	25
34	Jim	23	↑13	>100
35	Vernon	23	new	78
36	Clifford	22	–	84
37	Dale	22	↓2	61
38	Duane	22	new	>100
39	Albert	21	↓18	26
40	Carl	21	new	28
41	Ray	21	↓7	59
42	Gary	20	new	>100
43	Howard	20	↓11	36
44	Larry	20	↑4	65
45	Leonard	20	↑1	48
46	Paul	20	↓15	13
47	Roy	20	↓4	38
48	Henry	19	↓21	23
49	Lawrence	19	↓21	35
50	Melvin	19	new	51

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