Popular baby names in Montana, 1933

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1933 were Mary for girls (170 babies) and Robert for boys (229). Social Security records list 6,803 babies born in Montana in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1933

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: 101 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darlene: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leona: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Violet: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Delores: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maxine: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
June: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Arlene: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joann: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dale: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Duane: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bill: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edwin: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dennis: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patrick: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	170	–	1
2	Betty	134	–	2
3	Donna	101	↑1	24
4	Barbara	96	↑3	3
5	Dorothy	93	↓2	4
6	Shirley	88	↓1	9
7	Patricia	82	↓1	6
8	Joan	76	↑6	5
9	Joyce	68	–	12
10	Margaret	67	–	7
11	Helen	65	↓3	8
12	Doris	55	↑5	10
13	Beverly	53	↓2	26
14	Lois	49	↓2	19
15	Alice	46	↑1	22
16	Ruth	43	↓3	13
17	Jean	41	↑7	14
18	Carol	40	↑2	20
19	Marjorie	40	–	41
20	Phyllis	39	↑8	28
21	Virginia	38	↓3	15
22	Frances	36	↓1	18
23	June	35	↓1	45
24	Delores	34	↑12	52
25	Darlene	33	↑19	96
26	Dolores	33	↓11	21
27	Marilyn	32	↓2	16
28	Evelyn	31	↓2	30
29	Norma	31	↓2	23
30	Rose	29	↓1	35
31	Marie	28	new	33
32	Marlene	28	↑1	50
33	Nancy	26	↓10	11
34	Anna	25	↓4	29
35	Martha	25	new	27
36	Arlene	24	new	74
37	Elizabeth	24	↓6	17
38	Joann	24	↓3	72
39	Florence	22	↓5	49
40	Janet	22	new	25
41	Bonnie	21	↑2	68
42	Irene	21	↓10	46
43	Wilma	21	new	66
44	Esther	20	new	88
45	Joanne	20	↓5	56
46	Louise	20	new	39
47	Marian	20	new	89
48	Edith	19	↓3	80
49	Kathleen	19	new	77
50	Lillian	19	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	229	–	1
2	James	178	↑1	2
3	John	163	↓1	3
4	Donald	154	–	7
5	William	141	–	4
6	Richard	100	–	5
7	Charles	97	–	6
8	George	89	–	8
9	Thomas	63	–	10
10	Edward	61	↑6	11
11	Kenneth	57	–	15
12	Jack	55	↓2	17
13	David	54	↑7	13
14	Frank	46	↑1	16
15	Raymond	45	↓2	19
16	Harold	44	↓4	18
17	Ronald	44	↓3	12
18	Dale	43	↑19	65
19	Arthur	38	↑14	25
20	Paul	37	↑26	14
21	Bill	36	↑3	59
22	Gary	34	↑20	80
23	Carl	32	↑17	28
24	Lawrence	32	↑25	38
25	Eugene	30	↑1	23
26	Joseph	30	↓9	9
27	Jerry	29	new	31
28	Albert	28	↑11	30
29	Harry	28	new	35
30	Leonard	28	↑15	47
31	Howard	27	↑12	36
32	Leroy	27	new	56
33	Wayne	27	↓11	52
34	Roy	26	↑13	39
35	Walter	26	↓17	21
36	Clarence	25	↓13	43
37	Don	25	↓16	54
38	Duane	25	–	>100
39	Gordon	25	new	71
40	Gerald	24	↓21	22
41	Jim	24	↓7	98
42	Edwin	23	new	77
43	Gene	23	new	66
44	Earl	22	new	41
45	Fred	21	↓20	34
46	Lee	21	new	79
47	Bob	20	↓18	82
48	Larry	20	↓4	58
49	Norman	20	↓17	37
50	Clifford	19	↓14	86

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