Popular baby names in Montana, 1939

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1939 were Mary for girls (165 babies) and Robert for boys (264). Social Security records list 8,653 babies born in Montana in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1939

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: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darlene: 62 babies, 5× the national rate
Sharon: 165 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dixie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donna: 105 babies, 3× the national rate
Karen: 61 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marlene: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Pat: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Arlene: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Duane: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jim: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Dale: 53 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rodney: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gordon: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bob: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Gary: 114 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Terry: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Douglas: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	165	–	1
2	Sharon	165	↑3	23
3	Barbara	141	↓1	2
4	Patricia	137	↓1	3
5	Carol	130	↑2	6
6	Shirley	109	↓2	5
7	Donna	105	↑1	20
8	Betty	97	↓2	4
9	Margaret	70	↑4	10
10	Dorothy	68	–	9
11	Beverly	65	↓2	25
12	Sandra	63	↑11	13
13	Darlene	62	↓2	75
14	Karen	61	↑7	39
15	Nancy	59	↑11	7
16	Joan	56	↓1	11
17	Helen	55	↓1	16
18	Judith	54	↑28	8
19	Judy	53	↑28	28
20	Joyce	50	↓8	12
21	Janet	46	↑4	17
22	Alice	43	↑14	31
23	Marilyn	42	↓5	19
24	Marlene	42	↓10	64
25	Janice	41	↑3	24
26	Jean	41	↓9	32
27	Virginia	40	↓8	21
28	Arlene	38	↓4	69
29	Bonnie	36	↑14	61
30	Elizabeth	36	↑10	18
31	Roberta	36	↑4	71
32	Charlotte	35	↑5	66
33	Joanne	33	new	53
34	Joann	31	new	57
35	Myrna	31	new	>100
36	Phyllis	31	↓16	30
37	Carolyn	29	↑12	14
38	Doris	28	–	29
39	Rose	28	new	42
40	Diane	27	new	51
41	Lois	27	↓19	35
42	Patsy	27	new	56
43	Delores	25	↓14	79
44	Elaine	25	↓12	45
45	Kay	25	↓3	76
46	Linda	25	new	15
47	Norma	25	↓2	38
48	Frances	24	↓15	26
49	Gloria	24	↓8	36
50	Evelyn	23	–	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	264	–	1
2	John	218	↑1	3
3	James	214	↓1	2
4	Richard	190	↑2	5
5	William	147	↓1	4
6	Donald	141	↓1	8
7	David	134	↑4	7
8	Gary	114	–	21
9	Charles	106	↓2	6
10	Larry	101	–	14
11	Thomas	87	↑2	9
12	Ronald	86	↓3	10
13	George	80	↓1	11
14	Jack	69	–	26
15	Kenneth	63	–	13
16	Jerry	60	–	16
17	Gerald	54	–	19
18	Dale	53	↑5	59
19	Edward	52	↓1	15
20	Dennis	50	↑14	34
21	Raymond	50	↓1	22
22	Michael	46	↑2	18
23	Joseph	45	↓4	12
24	Jim	43	↑11	75
25	Frank	41	–	20
26	Harold	39	–	23
27	Fred	37	new	40
28	Daniel	35	new	38
29	Douglas	35	↑16	58
30	Lawrence	34	↓3	36
31	Roger	34	↓3	28
32	Paul	33	↑9	17
33	Wayne	33	↓11	39
34	Eugene	32	↓5	37
35	Gordon	32	↓14	82
36	Marvin	32	↑12	52
37	Duane	31	↑1	>100
38	Don	29	↓1	56
39	Terry	29	new	83
40	Bill	28	↓7	67
41	Bob	27	↑1	89
42	Carl	27	↓11	30
43	Joe	27	↑4	27
44	Ralph	26	↑6	35
45	Russell	26	new	73
46	Francis	25	new	53
47	Leroy	25	↓15	61
48	Roy	25	new	42
49	Arthur	23	↓13	32
50	Leonard	23	↓11	54

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