Popular baby names in Montana, 1946

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1946 were Mary for girls (240 babies) and James for boys (319). Social Security records list 10,437 babies born in Montana in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1946

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

Girls

Colleen: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Terry: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Penny: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Diana: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gayle: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pat: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sherry: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Jim: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duane: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dean: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gordon: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gary: 220 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jay: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jon: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bill: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	240	↑1	1
2	Linda	209	↓1	2
3	Carol	166	–	5
4	Patricia	161	↑3	3
5	Sharon	145	–	9
6	Sandra	126	↑3	6
7	Barbara	125	↓3	4
8	Susan	117	↑3	8
9	Judy	111	↓3	11
10	Karen	103	↓2	15
11	Donna	102	↓1	13
12	Nancy	91	↑1	7
13	Judith	85	↓1	10
14	Margaret	76	↑6	17
15	Bonnie	71	↑3	33
16	Cheryl	69	↑13	27
17	Diana	67	↑8	42
18	Diane	66	↑1	19
19	Betty	65	↓4	14
20	Janet	60	↑3	21
21	Marilyn	58	↓4	29
22	Janice	52	–	22
23	Kathleen	52	↓9	16
24	Shirley	51	↓8	18
25	Connie	43	↓1	45
26	Helen	40	–	36
27	Joan	38	↑5	28
28	Virginia	38	↑10	31
29	Darlene	37	↓8	71
30	Jean	36	new	37
31	Beverly	35	↓4	30
32	Dorothy	35	↑1	23
33	Gloria	34	↓3	26
34	Joyce	34	↓3	20
35	Carolyn	32	↓7	12
36	Sherry	32	↑3	73
37	Elizabeth	28	↑3	25
38	Pamela	28	new	34
39	Roberta	27	↑8	86
40	Marcia	26	↑3	89
41	Peggy	26	↓4	43
42	Phyllis	25	↑6	41
43	Rita	25	↑3	56
44	Doris	24	new	51
45	Jane	23	↓3	35
46	Kathryn	23	↓1	63
47	Lois	23	↓11	55
48	Terry	23	new	>100
49	Carole	22	new	72
50	Jeanne	22	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	319	–	1
2	Robert	319	–	2
3	John	291	–	3
4	William	229	↑1	4
5	Gary	220	↑1	12
6	Richard	219	↓2	5
7	David	198	–	6
8	Michael	147	↑2	7
9	Dennis	143	↑6	17
10	Ronald	136	↓1	10
11	Donald	135	↑1	13
12	Larry	133	↓4	11
13	Thomas	123	↓2	8
14	Kenneth	108	–	15
15	Jerry	83	↑1	20
16	Charles	82	↓3	9
17	Terry	73	↑6	26
18	Jack	57	↑12	35
19	George	55	↑8	16
20	Gerald	54	↑2	27
21	Daniel	52	↓1	21
22	Bruce	51	↑7	32
23	Douglas	50	↓5	34
24	Roger	50	↓5	23
25	Edward	48	↓4	19
26	Joseph	48	↓9	14
27	Paul	46	↓1	18
28	Wayne	45	↑4	29
29	Jim	43	↓5	73
30	Frank	40	↑16	22
31	Raymond	39	↓6	25
32	Dale	37	↑6	62
33	Bill	34	↓5	72
34	Lawrence	34	–	31
35	Patrick	33	↑9	59
36	Mike	32	new	64
37	Russell	31	new	66
38	Alan	30	↓3	49
39	Don	30	↑2	79
40	Walter	29	–	30
41	Tom	28	↑6	87
42	Leonard	27	↓5	67
43	Harold	26	↓7	33
44	Rodney	26	new	93
45	Mark	25	new	58
46	Ralph	25	new	48
47	Roy	25	↓16	43
48	Allen	24	new	74
49	Dave	24	new	>100
50	Eugene	24	↓2	57

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