Popular baby names in Montana, 1944

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1944 were Mary for girls (192 babies) and Robert for boys (275). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,463 babies born in Montana in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1944

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: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Arlene: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connie: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Charlene: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kay: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Irene: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Claudia: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Loretta: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marjorie: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Dan: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bob: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jim: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Leo: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Tom: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clifford: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jay: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patrick: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bill: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	192	–	1
2	Linda	149	↑4	3
3	Sharon	143	↓1	8
4	Carol	139	↓1	5
5	Judy	106	↑3	12
6	Patricia	103	↓1	4
7	Sandra	97	↑2	6
8	Barbara	94	↓4	2
9	Karen	90	↓2	16
10	Donna	85	–	17
11	Judith	83	–	9
12	Shirley	82	↑4	15
13	Betty	75	↓1	10
14	Nancy	68	↑1	7
15	Susan	63	↑5	13
16	Bonnie	60	↓3	34
17	Marilyn	60	↓3	27
18	Margaret	55	↓1	14
19	Kathleen	49	↑12	20
20	Carolyn	46	↑15	11
21	Janet	46	↑1	21
22	Diane	45	↑3	24
23	Cheryl	44	↑13	36
24	Helen	44	↑6	31
25	Darlene	42	↑8	76
26	Janice	39	↓7	28
27	Dorothy	37	↓4	19
28	Connie	36	↓7	51
29	Joan	36	↓5	22
30	Joyce	36	↓4	18
31	Jean	35	↑11	37
32	Beverly	34	↓14	35
33	Virginia	30	↓4	26
34	Alice	28	↓2	38
35	Frances	28	↑8	33
36	Ruth	28	↑8	32
37	Lois	27	↑2	47
38	Diana	26	↑12	60
39	Gloria	26	↓12	25
40	Phyllis	26	new	40
41	Arlene	25	new	>100
42	Peggy	25	↓14	45
43	Carole	24	↑2	43
44	Roberta	24	↓3	70
45	Charlotte	23	↑4	50
46	Kay	23	↓8	88
47	Irene	22	new	91
48	Marjorie	21	↓2	85
49	Pamela	21	new	44
50	Katherine	20	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	275	–	2
2	James	245	↑1	1
3	John	244	↓1	3
4	Richard	201	↑1	5
5	William	173	↓1	4
6	Gary	152	–	15
7	David	135	–	6
8	Ronald	114	↑2	10
9	Donald	108	↓1	11
10	Larry	107	↓1	12
11	Charles	103	–	7
12	Thomas	92	–	8
13	Michael	78	↑3	9
14	Kenneth	76	↓1	16
15	Dennis	71	–	20
16	Jerry	71	↓2	19
17	George	69	↑1	14
18	Jack	54	↑5	30
19	Edward	52	↑1	18
20	Douglas	48	↓1	34
21	Daniel	46	↑3	25
22	Gerald	46	↓1	24
23	Terry	45	↑6	43
24	Raymond	44	↓7	22
25	Roger	39	↑3	23
26	Joseph	38	↓1	13
27	Jim	37	↑4	68
28	Roy	35	new	39
29	Wayne	35	↑20	37
30	Patrick	34	↑15	64
31	Bill	33	↓4	66
32	Eugene	30	new	48
33	Paul	30	↓7	17
34	Frank	29	↓12	21
35	Bruce	28	↓2	51
36	Harold	28	↓2	27
37	Tom	28	↑6	87
38	Mike	26	new	80
39	Albert	24	new	44
40	Dale	24	↓10	61
41	Clifford	23	new	99
42	Fred	23	↓6	47
43	Bob	22	new	>100
44	Don	22	↓7	72
45	Melvin	22	↓7	67
46	Walter	22	↓11	26
47	Arthur	21	↓15	29
48	Carl	20	new	36
49	Dan	20	new	>100
50	Joe	20	↓3	33

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