Popular baby names in Montana, 1942

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1942 were Mary for girls (209 babies) and Robert for boys (309). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,211 babies born in Montana in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1942

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: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Gayle: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sharon: 197 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darlene: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roberta: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laura: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connie: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donna: 100 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Charlene: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Hazel: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dick: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jim: 49 babies, 4× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patrick: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Duane: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dale: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bill: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bob: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gene: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	209	↑1	1
2	Sharon	197	↓1	11
3	Carol	153	–	5
4	Patricia	135	–	3
5	Barbara	130	–	2
6	Judy	114	–	15
7	Karen	109	↑3	16
8	Sandra	107	↑1	6
9	Donna	100	↓2	20
10	Linda	99	↓2	4
11	Judith	84	↑4	7
12	Shirley	80	↑1	12
13	Betty	79	↓1	9
14	Margaret	65	↑5	14
15	Nancy	64	↓4	8
16	Bonnie	61	↓2	34
17	Marilyn	60	–	27
18	Kathleen	46	new	24
19	Beverly	45	↓1	32
20	Janet	44	↑4	19
21	Joan	44	–	18
22	Joyce	44	↓6	13
23	Dorothy	41	↓3	17
24	Carole	40	↑24	35
25	Helen	40	–	26
26	Diane	37	↑2	28
27	Janice	37	↓4	25
28	Roberta	37	↑13	66
29	Carolyn	36	↑8	10
30	Virginia	35	↑2	23
31	Gloria	34	↓1	31
32	Lois	34	↓1	44
33	Darlene	33	↓11	78
34	Jean	33	↓5	36
35	Phyllis	33	↓2	37
36	Alice	32	–	39
37	Connie	31	↑3	70
38	Myrna	30	↓11	>100
39	Ruth	30	↑3	33
40	Diana	29	new	68
41	Frances	29	↓6	30
42	Jane	26	new	46
43	Rose	26	new	50
44	Kay	25	↓6	75
45	Peggy	25	↓6	42
46	Susan	25	↓12	21
47	Elizabeth	24	new	22
48	Marlene	24	↓22	84
49	Arlene	23	new	83
50	Laura	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	309	–	2
2	James	270	–	1
3	John	247	–	3
4	William	218	–	4
5	Gary	152	↑1	18
6	Richard	143	↓1	5
7	Ronald	136	↑4	9
8	Larry	120	↑1	12
9	David	117	↓2	6
10	Charles	108	↓2	7
11	Donald	107	↓1	10
12	Kenneth	101	↑4	15
13	Dennis	86	–	20
14	Michael	83	↑4	13
15	Douglas	81	↑14	23
16	George	80	↓2	14
17	Jerry	80	↓5	16
18	Thomas	80	↓3	8
19	Edward	56	↑1	17
20	Roger	53	↑2	25
21	Gerald	49	↓4	22
22	Jim	49	↑11	74
23	Joseph	49	↑2	11
24	Daniel	48	↑4	28
25	Raymond	48	↑1	24
26	Jack	47	↓7	34
27	Frank	45	↓4	21
28	Wayne	40	↑2	41
29	Terry	39	↑14	52
30	Patrick	38	↑6	64
31	Dale	37	↓4	63
32	Bill	36	↓1	65
33	Arthur	35	↑4	29
34	Russell	33	new	70
35	Joe	32	new	33
36	Paul	31	↓15	19
37	Gene	29	new	82
38	Lawrence	29	↑3	30
39	Eugene	28	↑11	45
40	Harold	28	↓16	27
41	Fred	27	↓9	46
42	Leonard	26	new	57
43	Howard	25	new	49
44	Leroy	25	↓10	69
45	Melvin	25	↑3	60
46	Peter	25	new	39
47	Tom	25	↓3	89
48	Carl	24	↓9	36
49	Harry	23	new	48
50	Henry	23	new	31

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