Popular baby names in Montana, 1934

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1934 were Mary for girls (232 babies) and Robert for boys (230). Social Security records list 7,457 babies born in Montana in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1934

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

Girls

Darlene: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Leona: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sharon: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donna: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rosemary: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Agnes: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marlene: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Laura: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gary: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keith: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leslie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tom: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Jim: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Lloyd: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Larry: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	232	–	1
2	Shirley	146	↑4	4
3	Betty	128	↓1	2
4	Patricia	107	↑3	6
5	Dorothy	85	–	5
6	Donna	79	↓3	23
7	Barbara	78	↓3	3
8	Margaret	76	↑2	8
9	Helen	75	↑2	9
10	Joan	74	↓2	7
11	Joyce	57	↓2	12
12	Beverly	54	↑1	22
13	Carol	53	↑5	14
14	Jean	53	↑3	16
15	Darlene	49	↑10	90
16	Dolores	49	↑10	26
17	Lois	48	↓3	20
18	Doris	45	↓6	11
19	Marilyn	45	↑8	17
20	Marjorie	43	↓1	41
21	Frances	41	↑1	19
22	Alice	38	↓7	25
23	Bonnie	35	↑18	58
24	Ruth	35	↓8	13
25	Nancy	34	↑8	10
26	Phyllis	34	↓6	28
27	Virginia	33	↓6	15
28	Marlene	31	↑4	57
29	Norma	31	–	24
30	Delores	29	↓6	51
31	Elizabeth	29	↑6	18
32	Janet	29	↑8	21
33	Evelyn	28	↓5	29
34	Rose	28	↓4	37
35	Florence	25	↑4	61
36	Joanne	25	↑9	45
37	Lorraine	25	new	56
38	Ann	24	new	32
39	Charlotte	24	new	72
40	June	23	↓17	46
41	Edna	22	new	55
42	Arlene	21	↓6	53
43	Lillian	21	↑7	52
44	Laura	20	new	96
45	Clara	19	new	76
46	Kathleen	19	↑3	74
47	Leona	19	new	>100
48	Rosemary	19	new	>100
49	Vivian	19	new	98
50	Audrey	18	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	230	–	1
2	James	203	–	2
3	Donald	188	↑1	6
4	John	170	↓1	3
5	William	162	–	4
6	Richard	144	–	5
7	Charles	112	–	7
8	Kenneth	94	↑3	15
9	George	72	↓1	8
10	Ronald	72	↑7	11
11	David	65	↑2	12
12	Jack	63	–	17
13	Thomas	61	↓4	9
14	Gerald	49	↑26	22
15	Larry	48	↑33	43
16	Joseph	46	↑10	10
17	Edward	45	↓7	13
18	Frank	44	↓4	16
19	Harold	44	↓3	18
20	Jerry	44	↑7	25
21	Raymond	44	↓6	19
22	Gary	43	–	60
23	Paul	42	↓3	14
24	Walter	42	↑11	21
25	Lawrence	39	↓1	34
26	Bill	37	↓5	59
27	Dale	34	↓9	62
28	Don	34	↑9	50
29	Joe	33	new	26
30	Leroy	32	↑2	54
31	Eugene	31	↓6	24
32	Gordon	30	↑7	71
33	Leonard	28	↓3	53
34	Duane	27	↑4	>100
35	Arthur	26	↓16	29
36	Lloyd	26	new	82
37	Albert	25	↓9	32
38	Bob	25	↑9	75
39	Jim	25	↑2	90
40	Melvin	25	new	55
41	Fred	24	↑4	33
42	Marvin	24	new	44
43	Ray	24	new	63
44	Roy	24	↓10	35
45	Wayne	24	↓12	48
46	Douglas	23	new	72
47	Howard	23	↓16	37
48	Roger	23	new	39
49	Clarence	22	↓13	45
50	Stanley	22	new	58

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