Popular baby names in Montana, 1945

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1945 were Linda for girls (169 babies) and James for boys (271). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,287 babies born in Montana in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1945

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: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sherry: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connie: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marcia: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bonnie: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jeanne: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marlene: 17 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Judy: 109 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sheila: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Diana: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bill: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bob: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leslie: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tom: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gary: 151 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	169	↑1	2
2	Mary	169	↓1	1
3	Carol	139	↑1	5
4	Barbara	122	↑4	3
5	Sharon	115	↓2	8
6	Judy	109	↓1	13
7	Patricia	103	↓1	4
8	Karen	92	↑1	16
9	Sandra	89	↓2	6
10	Donna	85	–	17
11	Susan	69	↑4	10
12	Judith	68	↓1	9
13	Nancy	63	↑1	7
14	Kathleen	61	↑5	19
15	Betty	57	↓2	11
16	Shirley	56	↓4	14
17	Marilyn	53	–	27
18	Bonnie	52	↓2	35
19	Diane	50	↑3	22
20	Margaret	47	↓2	15
21	Darlene	45	↑4	71
22	Janice	44	↑4	24
23	Janet	42	↓2	20
24	Connie	38	↑4	47
25	Diana	38	↑13	43
26	Helen	37	↓2	31
27	Beverly	35	↑5	37
28	Carolyn	34	↓8	12
29	Cheryl	34	↓6	32
30	Gloria	33	↑9	23
31	Joyce	32	↓1	18
32	Joan	30	↓3	25
33	Dorothy	29	↓6	21
34	Ruth	29	↑2	33
35	Alice	28	↓1	41
36	Lois	28	↑1	48
37	Peggy	27	↑5	45
38	Virginia	27	↓5	28
39	Sherry	26	new	>100
40	Elizabeth	25	new	26
41	Frances	25	↓6	34
42	Jane	25	new	36
43	Marcia	23	new	88
44	Gail	22	new	52
45	Kathryn	22	new	65
46	Rita	22	new	59
47	Roberta	22	↓3	75
48	Phyllis	21	↓8	40
49	Sheila	21	new	89
50	Elaine	19	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	271	↑1	1
2	Robert	265	↓1	2
3	John	234	–	3
4	Richard	184	–	5
5	William	160	–	4
6	Gary	151	–	13
7	David	141	–	6
8	Larry	122	↑2	11
9	Ronald	122	↓1	10
10	Michael	121	↑3	9
11	Thomas	100	↑1	8
12	Donald	99	↓3	12
13	Charles	90	↓2	7
14	Kenneth	88	–	16
15	Dennis	77	–	19
16	Jerry	72	–	20
17	Joseph	49	↑9	14
18	Douglas	47	↑2	29
19	Roger	46	↑6	22
20	Daniel	45	↑1	24
21	Edward	44	↓2	18
22	Gerald	43	–	25
23	Terry	41	–	33
24	Jim	40	↑3	68
25	Raymond	37	↓1	23
26	Paul	36	↑7	17
27	George	35	↓10	15
28	Bill	32	↑3	66
29	Bruce	31	↑6	48
30	Jack	31	↓12	32
31	Roy	30	↓3	40
32	Wayne	30	↓3	35
33	Arthur	29	↑14	34
34	Lawrence	29	new	30
35	Alan	28	new	52
36	Harold	28	–	28
37	Leonard	26	new	57
38	Dale	24	↑2	61
39	Gordon	24	new	>100
40	Walter	24	↑6	27
41	Don	23	↑3	73
42	Duane	23	new	>100
43	Marvin	23	new	80
44	Patrick	23	↓14	63
45	Fred	22	↓3	51
46	Frank	21	↓12	21
47	Tom	21	↓10	89
48	Eugene	20	↓16	50
49	Steven	20	new	43
50	Bob	19	↓7	>100

← Montana 1944 Montana: all years · US 1945 Montana 1946 →