Popular baby names in Montana, 1941

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1941 were Sharon for girls (206 babies) and Robert for boys (261). Sharon ranked #15 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,105 babies born in Montana in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1941

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: 39 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Darlene: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sharon: 206 babies, 4× the national rate
Marlene: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donna: 113 babies, 3× the national rate
Marcia: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Marian: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Connie: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kay: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Duane: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dan: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mike: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jim: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Gary: 165 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Sharon	206	–	15
2	Mary	186	–	1
3	Carol	148	↑1	4
4	Patricia	139	↓1	3
5	Barbara	115	–	2
6	Judy	114	↑2	16
7	Donna	113	↓1	20
8	Linda	98	↑7	5
9	Sandra	93	↑3	9
10	Karen	84	↑4	19
11	Nancy	82	↑7	8
12	Betty	80	↓3	7
13	Shirley	80	↓6	10
14	Bonnie	72	↑7	33
15	Judith	61	↓5	6
16	Joyce	58	↑6	13
17	Marilyn	55	↑6	30
18	Beverly	54	↓7	29
19	Margaret	54	↓6	12
20	Dorothy	52	↓4	14
21	Joan	52	↓4	17
22	Darlene	50	↓3	76
23	Janice	47	↑4	22
24	Janet	43	↑8	18
25	Helen	40	↓5	24
26	Marlene	39	↓1	83
27	Myrna	39	↑14	>100
28	Diane	38	↑16	40
29	Jean	38	↑4	32
30	Gloria	37	–	26
31	Lois	37	↓2	43
32	Virginia	37	↑18	23
33	Phyllis	36	↑1	35
34	Susan	35	new	27
35	Frances	34	↓4	31
36	Alice	33	↓10	34
37	Carolyn	33	↑10	11
38	Kay	30	↓10	70
39	Peggy	30	new	39
40	Connie	29	↓3	79
41	Roberta	29	↓5	72
42	Ruth	29	↓18	28
43	Elaine	27	new	44
44	Rita	27	new	63
45	Marcia	26	new	>100
46	Norma	26	new	47
47	Ann	24	↑2	37
48	Carole	24	new	48
49	Delores	23	↓11	80
50	Joann	23	↓8	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	261	–	2
2	James	258	–	1
3	John	229	–	3
4	William	194	↑1	4
5	Richard	170	↓1	5
6	Gary	165	–	19
7	David	125	–	7
8	Charles	122	↑2	6
9	Larry	117	↓1	11
10	Donald	116	↓1	10
11	Ronald	109	–	9
12	Jerry	83	↑2	14
13	Dennis	74	↑9	23
14	George	74	↑1	13
15	Thomas	70	↓3	8
16	Kenneth	66	↓3	15
17	Gerald	64	↑1	20
18	Michael	63	↓2	16
19	Jack	62	–	32
20	Edward	56	↓3	17
21	Paul	49	↑5	18
22	Roger	47	↑1	25
23	Frank	44	↑1	21
24	Harold	41	↑15	24
25	Joseph	40	↓4	12
26	Raymond	39	↓6	22
27	Dale	36	↓2	59
28	Daniel	36	↑5	31
29	Douglas	35	↑5	53
30	Wayne	35	↓2	37
31	Bill	33	↓1	68
32	Fred	33	new	43
33	Jim	33	↓6	80
34	Leroy	33	new	67
35	Marvin	31	↑8	63
36	Patrick	31	new	70
37	Arthur	30	↑1	33
38	Walter	30	↓1	26
39	Carl	29	new	29
40	Duane	29	new	>100
41	Lawrence	29	↓5	34
42	Roy	28	↓2	39
43	Terry	28	↓2	64
44	Tom	28	↑4	88
45	Bruce	27	↓1	51
46	Dick	25	new	>100
47	Don	25	↓16	66
48	Melvin	24	↓2	56
49	Clifford	23	↓2	94
50	Eugene	23	↓21	42

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