Popular baby names in Montana, 1936

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1936 were Shirley for girls (212 babies) and Robert for boys (284). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,960 babies born in Montana in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1936

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: 64 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Myrna: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Pat: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karen: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marlene: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Donna: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marian: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeanne: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dick: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gary: 79 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jim: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrell: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Don: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glen: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lloyd: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Shirley	212	–	2
2	Mary	184	–	1
3	Patricia	118	↑3	5
4	Betty	109	↓1	4
5	Barbara	103	–	3
6	Carol	92	↑4	10
7	Donna	85	↓3	22
8	Dorothy	83	↓1	6
9	Joan	74	↑3	7
10	Beverly	73	↑1	17
11	Helen	67	↓3	11
12	Darlene	64	↑1	83
13	Marlene	64	↑2	39
14	Margaret	62	↑5	9
15	Marilyn	62	↓1	13
16	Joyce	58	↓7	12
17	Nancy	56	↑17	8
18	Ruth	48	↑2	16
19	Dolores	45	↑6	30
20	Jean	44	↑3	20
21	Lois	44	↓4	26
22	Alice	43	↓6	27
23	Frances	42	↑13	19
24	Marjorie	39	↓2	49
25	Bonnie	38	↑12	65
26	Doris	36	↓5	15
27	Phyllis	36	↑3	25
28	Sharon	36	↓2	60
29	Virginia	36	↓11	14
30	Janet	33	↓1	21
31	Roberta	30	–	64
32	Rose	30	new	37
33	Delores	29	↓9	58
34	Evelyn	29	↓6	34
35	Joanne	29	↓8	48
36	Arlene	28	↓4	54
37	Elizabeth	28	↓2	18
38	June	28	new	62
39	Sandra	28	new	38
40	Janice	27	↑4	31
41	Joann	27	↓3	55
42	Myrna	27	new	>100
43	Carolyn	26	new	23
44	Gloria	25	new	32
45	Kay	23	new	98
46	Charlotte	22	new	61
47	Geraldine	22	new	41
48	Loretta	22	new	70
49	Ann	21	–	28
50	Irene	21	↓9	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	284	–	1
2	John	211	↑2	3
3	James	199	↓1	2
4	Donald	182	↓1	7
5	William	151	↑1	4
6	Richard	125	↓1	5
7	David	92	↑6	10
8	Charles	89	–	6
9	George	83	–	9
10	Ronald	80	↑1	12
11	Gary	79	↑4	38
12	Jack	76	↓2	20
13	Thomas	76	↓1	8
14	Kenneth	68	↓7	14
15	Jerry	61	↑7	18
16	Larry	58	–	25
17	Gerald	49	↑2	19
18	Don	48	↑2	51
19	Edward	47	↓5	13
20	Joseph	46	↑13	11
21	Raymond	44	–	17
22	Frank	43	↓4	16
23	Arthur	35	↑16	30
24	Harold	34	↓7	21
25	Jim	34	↑3	85
26	Albert	33	new	34
27	Bill	33	↓4	61
28	Duane	33	new	>100
29	Marvin	32	↑12	49
30	Lawrence	31	–	37
31	Leonard	31	↑9	54
32	Paul	31	↓6	15
33	Walter	31	↓4	26
34	Howard	30	↑4	40
35	Wayne	30	↓8	45
36	Roger	29	–	35
37	Dale	28	↓12	59
38	Gordon	28	new	75
39	Leroy	28	↓8	57
40	Michael	28	↑3	33
41	Carl	26	↑5	27
42	Joe	26	new	23
43	Roy	26	↓11	42
44	Bruce	25	new	73
45	Earl	25	↑2	47
46	Eugene	24	↑2	29
47	Clarence	23	↓2	52
48	Gene	23	new	66
49	Harry	23	↑1	39
50	Melvin	22	↓8	53

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