Popular baby names in Montana, 1938

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1938 were Mary for girls (178 babies) and Robert for boys (296). Social Security records list 8,271 babies born in Montana in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1938

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: 63 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sharon: 106 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deanna: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dixie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marlene: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Myrna: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donna: 97 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arlene: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delores: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Connie: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gordon: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Gary: 106 babies, 3× the national rate
Bob: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Keith: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Jim: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patrick: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Harvey: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	178	–	1
2	Barbara	127	↑1	2
3	Patricia	114	↑2	3
4	Shirley	109	↓2	5
5	Sharon	106	↑4	30
6	Betty	101	–	4
7	Carol	99	–	6
8	Donna	97	↓4	20
9	Beverly	85	↑2	18
10	Dorothy	72	↓2	8
11	Darlene	63	↑1	76
12	Joyce	60	↑8	11
13	Margaret	55	–	9
14	Marlene	53	–	51
15	Joan	52	↓5	10
16	Helen	51	↑2	13
17	Jean	50	↑13	27
18	Marilyn	49	↓2	19
19	Virginia	45	↓4	22
20	Phyllis	44	↑2	28
21	Karen	39	↑18	50
22	Lois	39	↓5	33
23	Sandra	39	↑10	14
24	Arlene	38	↑2	63
25	Janet	36	↑12	16
26	Nancy	36	↓5	7
27	Ruth	35	↓2	21
28	Janice	32	new	24
29	Delores	31	↑17	75
30	Marjorie	31	↓11	53
31	Deanna	30	new	>100
32	Elaine	30	new	42
33	Frances	30	↓10	23
34	Marie	29	↑15	37
35	Roberta	29	↓8	73
36	Alice	28	↓12	29
37	Charlotte	27	↑7	70
38	Doris	27	↓2	25
39	Eleanor	26	new	60
40	Elizabeth	26	↓2	17
41	Gloria	26	↑7	36
42	Kay	26	↓10	81
43	Bonnie	25	↓8	65
44	Carole	25	↓3	46
45	Norma	25	–	34
46	Judith	24	new	12
47	Judy	24	new	41
48	Rosalie	24	new	66
49	Carolyn	23	↓2	15
50	Evelyn	23	↓22	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	296	–	1
2	James	219	–	2
3	John	191	–	3
4	William	178	↑1	4
5	Donald	153	↑1	7
6	Richard	153	↓2	5
7	Charles	114	–	6
8	Gary	106	↑3	22
9	Ronald	100	–	10
10	Larry	90	↓2	16
11	David	88	↓1	8
12	George	82	↑1	11
13	Thomas	75	↑1	9
14	Jack	74	↑3	25
15	Kenneth	72	↓3	14
16	Jerry	71	↑2	17
17	Gerald	57	↓2	19
18	Edward	47	↑1	13
19	Joseph	47	↑7	12
20	Raymond	47	↓4	20
21	Gordon	42	↑2	78
22	Wayne	40	↑12	40
23	Dale	39	↑8	56
24	Michael	37	↑22	21
25	Frank	36	↓4	18
26	Harold	36	↓2	23
27	Lawrence	34	↑10	36
28	Roger	33	↑2	31
29	Eugene	32	↑4	33
30	Gene	32	↑6	65
31	Carl	30	↑12	29
32	Leroy	30	–	61
33	Bill	29	↓5	67
34	Dennis	29	↑4	49
35	Jim	29	↓15	81
36	Arthur	28	↑12	32
37	Don	28	↑4	52
38	Duane	28	↑4	>100
39	Leonard	28	–	57
40	Walter	28	–	26
41	Paul	27	↓19	15
42	Bob	26	↓17	94
43	Patrick	26	new	88
44	Albert	25	new	37
45	Douglas	24	new	60
46	Harry	24	new	44
47	Joe	24	↓18	28
48	Marvin	23	↓21	53
49	Harvey	22	new	99
50	Ralph	22	↓6	35

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