Popular baby names in Montana, 1937

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1937 were Mary for girls (177 babies) and Robert for boys (282). Social Security records list 8,012 babies born in Montana in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1937

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

Girls

Myrna: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darlene: 59 babies, 5× the national rate
Sharon: 64 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Violet: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 115 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leona: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karen: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marlene: 59 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marjorie: 44 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jim: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Duane: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gordon: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gary: 79 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	177	↑1	1
2	Shirley	149	↓1	4
3	Barbara	126	↑2	2
4	Donna	115	↑3	21
5	Patricia	115	↓2	3
6	Betty	113	↓2	5
7	Carol	110	↓1	6
8	Dorothy	72	–	8
9	Sharon	64	↑19	41
10	Joan	62	↓1	9
11	Beverly	60	↓1	14
12	Darlene	59	–	72
13	Margaret	59	↑1	10
14	Marlene	59	↓1	40
15	Virginia	53	↑14	16
16	Marilyn	52	↓1	13
17	Lois	46	↑4	29
18	Helen	45	↓7	12
19	Marjorie	44	↑5	57
20	Joyce	42	↓4	11
21	Nancy	40	↓4	7
22	Phyllis	39	↑5	27
23	Frances	38	–	19
24	Alice	37	↓2	28
25	Ruth	37	↓7	15
26	Arlene	36	↑10	60
27	Roberta	33	↑4	66
28	Evelyn	32	↑6	36
29	Myrna	32	↑13	>100
30	Jean	31	↓10	23
31	Dolores	30	↓12	37
32	Kay	30	↑13	79
33	Sandra	30	↑6	26
34	Joann	29	↑7	58
35	Bonnie	28	↓10	64
36	Doris	28	↓10	22
37	Janet	28	↓7	18
38	Elizabeth	27	↓1	17
39	Karen	27	new	>100
40	Peggy	26	new	31
41	Carole	25	new	56
42	Rose	25	↓10	38
43	Sally	25	new	59
44	Charlotte	24	↑2	67
45	Norma	24	new	33
46	Delores	23	↓13	68
47	Carolyn	21	↓4	20
48	Gloria	21	↓4	32
49	Marie	21	new	35
50	Anna	20	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	282	–	1
2	James	217	↑1	2
3	John	187	↓1	3
4	Richard	184	↑2	5
5	William	159	–	4
6	Donald	157	↓2	7
7	Charles	99	↑1	6
8	Larry	83	↑8	16
9	Ronald	82	↑1	11
10	David	80	↓3	8
11	Gary	79	–	29
12	Kenneth	75	↑2	14
13	George	71	↓4	10
14	Thomas	65	↓1	9
15	Gerald	64	↑2	20
16	Raymond	60	↑5	19
17	Jack	57	↓5	23
18	Jerry	57	↓3	17
19	Edward	54	–	13
20	Jim	47	↑5	82
21	Frank	46	↑1	18
22	Paul	43	↑10	15
23	Gordon	40	↑15	75
24	Harold	39	–	21
25	Bob	37	new	81
26	Joseph	34	↓6	12
27	Marvin	33	↑2	49
28	Bill	32	↓1	64
29	Joe	31	↑13	25
30	Roger	31	↑6	36
31	Dale	30	↑6	59
32	Leroy	30	↑7	56
33	Eugene	29	↑13	33
34	Wayne	29	↑1	44
35	Daniel	28	new	39
36	Gene	28	↑12	61
37	Lawrence	28	↓7	38
38	Dennis	27	new	63
39	Leonard	27	↓8	58
40	Walter	27	↓7	26
41	Don	26	↓23	51
42	Duane	26	↓14	>100
43	Carl	25	↓2	28
44	Ralph	25	new	34
45	Bruce	24	↓1	70
46	Michael	24	↓6	27
47	Roy	24	↓4	40
48	Arthur	23	↓25	31
49	Dick	23	new	>100
50	Norman	23	new	43

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