Popular baby names in Montana, 1935

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1935 were Shirley for girls (237 babies) and Robert for boys (248). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,609 babies born in Montana in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1935

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: 60 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Karen: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sharon: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Violet: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donna: 111 babies, 4× the national rate
Pat: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marlene: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marian: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Delores: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dick: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jim: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tom: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leslie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bill: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Gary: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	237	↑1	2
2	Mary	184	↓1	1
3	Betty	132	–	4
4	Donna	111	↑2	23
5	Barbara	96	↑2	3
6	Patricia	92	↓2	5
7	Dorothy	79	↓2	6
8	Helen	79	↑1	10
9	Joyce	73	↑2	12
10	Carol	71	↑3	11
11	Beverly	69	↑1	20
12	Joan	66	↓2	7
13	Darlene	60	↑2	91
14	Marilyn	60	↑5	14
15	Marlene	56	↑13	39
16	Alice	53	↑6	25
17	Lois	49	–	21
18	Virginia	46	↑9	16
19	Margaret	44	↓11	8
20	Ruth	44	↑4	15
21	Doris	42	↓3	13
22	Marjorie	40	↓2	46
23	Jean	38	↓9	18
24	Delores	37	↑6	57
25	Dolores	37	↓9	26
26	Sharon	37	new	96
27	Joanne	33	↑9	44
28	Evelyn	30	↑5	31
29	Janet	30	↑3	22
30	Phyllis	30	↓4	27
31	Roberta	30	new	77
32	Arlene	29	↑10	59
33	Lorraine	29	↑4	68
34	Nancy	28	↓9	9
35	Elizabeth	27	↓4	17
36	Frances	27	↓15	19
37	Bonnie	26	↓14	62
38	Joann	26	new	53
39	Norma	25	↓10	29
40	Marian	23	new	>100
41	Irene	22	new	52
42	Marie	22	new	33
43	Florence	21	↓8	74
44	Janice	21	new	47
45	Patsy	21	new	56
46	Sylvia	21	new	60
47	Grace	20	new	83
48	Laura	20	↓4	>100
49	Ann	19	↓11	30
50	Anna	19	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	248	–	1
2	James	205	–	2
3	Donald	188	–	7
4	John	185	–	3
5	Richard	154	↑1	5
6	William	142	↓1	4
7	Kenneth	102	↑1	15
8	Charles	101	↓1	6
9	George	81	–	8
10	Jack	75	↑2	18
11	Ronald	74	↓1	12
12	Thomas	74	↑1	9
13	David	65	↓2	11
14	Edward	64	↑3	13
15	Gary	48	↑7	44
16	Larry	46	↓1	33
17	Harold	44	↑2	20
18	Frank	42	–	16
19	Gerald	42	↓5	21
20	Don	41	↑8	51
21	Raymond	40	–	17
22	Jerry	39	↓2	22
23	Bill	38	↑3	60
24	Fred	37	↑17	34
25	Dale	35	↑2	61
26	Paul	34	↓3	14
27	Wayne	34	↑18	49
28	Jim	33	↑11	90
29	Walter	33	↓5	23
30	Lawrence	32	↓5	35
31	Leroy	32	↓1	50
32	Roy	31	↑12	40
33	Joseph	30	↓17	10
34	Ralph	30	new	32
35	Norman	29	new	38
36	Roger	28	↑12	36
37	Bob	27	↑1	81
38	Howard	27	↑9	39
39	Arthur	26	↓4	29
40	Leonard	26	↓7	54
41	Marvin	25	↑1	45
42	Melvin	25	↓2	57
43	Michael	24	new	41
44	Tom	24	new	>100
45	Clarence	23	↑4	48
46	Carl	22	new	28
47	Earl	22	new	46
48	Eugene	22	↓17	26
49	Francis	22	new	53
50	Harry	22	new	37

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