Popular baby names in Montana, 1943

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1943 were Mary for girls (204 babies) and Robert for boys (260). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,864 babies born in Montana in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1943

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

Girls

Cheryl: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sherry: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kay: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sharon: 195 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marjorie: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanne: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karen: 115 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 26 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Duane: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Dan: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bill: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jim: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bob: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	204	–	1
2	Sharon	195	–	8
3	Carol	144	–	5
4	Barbara	124	↑1	2
5	Patricia	123	↓1	3
6	Linda	117	↑4	4
7	Karen	115	–	15
8	Judy	114	↓2	13
9	Sandra	97	↓1	6
10	Donna	94	↓1	17
11	Judith	85	–	7
12	Betty	75	↑1	10
13	Bonnie	69	↑3	34
14	Marilyn	64	↑3	27
15	Nancy	63	–	9
16	Shirley	56	↓4	12
17	Margaret	54	↓3	14
18	Beverly	48	↑1	32
19	Janice	46	↑8	26
20	Susan	46	↑26	18
21	Connie	45	↑16	59
22	Janet	44	↓2	20
23	Dorothy	42	–	19
24	Joan	41	↓3	21
25	Diane	40	↑1	24
26	Joyce	39	↓4	16
27	Gloria	37	↑4	30
28	Peggy	36	↑17	41
29	Virginia	36	↑1	25
30	Helen	34	↓5	28
31	Kathleen	34	↓13	22
32	Alice	33	↑4	38
33	Darlene	33	–	73
34	Doris	32	new	40
35	Carolyn	31	↓6	11
36	Cheryl	30	new	>100
37	Elizabeth	29	↑10	23
38	Kay	29	↑6	81
39	Lois	29	↓7	43
40	Elaine	28	new	46
41	Roberta	28	↓13	66
42	Jean	27	↓8	36
43	Frances	26	↓2	31
44	Ruth	26	↓5	33
45	Carole	25	↓21	42
46	Marjorie	25	new	79
47	Rita	25	new	52
48	Rose	25	↓5	50
49	Charlotte	23	new	47
50	Diana	23	↓10	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	260	–	2
2	John	235	↑1	3
3	James	221	↓1	1
4	William	203	–	4
5	Richard	163	↑1	5
6	Gary	130	↓1	16
7	David	129	↑2	6
8	Donald	125	↑3	11
9	Larry	112	↓1	12
10	Ronald	111	↓3	9
11	Charles	108	↓1	7
12	Thomas	103	↑6	8
13	Kenneth	94	↓1	15
14	Jerry	81	↑3	17
15	Dennis	70	↓2	20
16	Michael	70	↓2	10
17	Raymond	62	↑8	22
18	George	61	↓2	14
19	Douglas	52	↓4	28
20	Edward	49	↓1	18
21	Gerald	47	–	23
22	Frank	45	↑5	21
23	Jack	45	↑3	34
24	Daniel	44	–	25
25	Joseph	43	↓2	13
26	Paul	42	↑10	19
27	Bill	40	↑5	65
28	Roger	39	↓8	24
29	Terry	39	–	49
30	Dale	35	↑1	59
31	Jim	34	↓9	75
32	Arthur	33	↑1	30
33	Bruce	32	new	51
34	Harold	32	↑6	27
35	Walter	32	new	26
36	Fred	29	↑5	45
37	Don	28	new	72
38	Melvin	28	↑7	63
39	Ralph	27	new	40
40	Dick	26	new	>100
41	Marvin	26	new	66
42	Ronnie	26	new	71
43	Tom	26	↑4	87
44	Norman	25	new	56
45	Patrick	24	↓15	69
46	Henry	23	↑4	31
47	Joe	23	↓12	35
48	Leroy	23	↓4	74
49	Wayne	23	↓21	41
50	Howard	22	↓7	48

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