Popular baby names in Montana, 1947

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1947 were Linda for girls (441 babies) and John for boys (403). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,202 babies born in Montana in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1947

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: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Patty: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Terry: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vicki: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Penny: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Georgia: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Toni: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Connie: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rick: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Duane: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wesley: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ted: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jim: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dan: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patrick: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dale: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	441	↑1	1
2	Mary	221	↓1	2
3	Sharon	157	↑2	9
4	Carol	155	↓1	6
5	Patricia	154	↓1	3
6	Barbara	142	↑1	4
7	Sandra	140	↓1	5
8	Karen	135	↑2	13
9	Susan	126	↓1	8
10	Donna	124	↑1	10
11	Judy	114	↓2	14
12	Nancy	114	–	7
13	Diane	85	↑5	18
14	Judith	85	↓1	12
15	Margaret	84	↓1	16
16	Cheryl	79	–	24
17	Kathleen	78	↑6	11
18	Bonnie	66	↓3	35
19	Shirley	64	↑5	19
20	Betty	62	↓1	17
21	Connie	62	↑4	43
22	Janice	59	–	22
23	Marilyn	55	↓2	29
24	Janet	54	↓4	23
25	Diana	50	↓8	48
26	Jane	45	↑19	36
27	Pamela	43	↑11	28
28	Beverly	42	↑3	31
29	Joyce	41	↑5	20
30	Kathy	40	new	64
31	Roberta	40	↑8	90
32	Vicki	40	new	>100
33	Carolyn	39	↑2	15
34	Dorothy	39	↓2	26
35	Gloria	39	↓2	27
36	Peggy	36	↑5	42
37	Virginia	36	↓9	34
38	Joan	35	↓11	30
39	Darlene	34	↓10	71
40	Helen	33	↓14	38
41	Lynn	33	new	75
42	Sally	33	new	70
43	Sherry	31	↓7	67
44	Elizabeth	30	↓7	25
45	Phyllis	30	↓3	37
46	Elaine	29	new	50
47	Lois	29	–	63
48	Alice	28	new	47
49	Julie	27	new	>100
50	Ruth	27	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	John	403	↑2	3
2	Robert	366	–	2
3	James	315	↓2	1
4	Richard	274	↑2	5
5	William	226	↓1	4
6	David	211	↑1	6
7	Gary	209	↓2	12
8	Michael	188	–	7
9	Ronald	159	↑1	11
10	Thomas	154	↑3	8
11	Larry	148	↑1	10
12	Donald	144	↓1	13
13	Dennis	142	↓4	17
14	Charles	122	↑2	9
15	Kenneth	118	↓1	15
16	Jerry	78	↓1	20
17	George	77	↑2	16
18	Edward	75	↑7	19
19	Daniel	74	↑2	22
20	Terry	72	↓3	26
21	Douglas	67	↑2	31
22	Paul	66	↑5	18
23	Gerald	61	↓3	28
24	Patrick	57	↑11	53
25	Steven	57	new	24
26	Joseph	51	–	14
27	Bruce	49	↓5	29
28	Stephen	48	new	21
29	Wayne	46	↓1	30
30	Dale	44	↑2	63
31	Roger	44	↓7	25
32	Jim	43	↓3	77
33	Frank	41	↓3	23
34	Harold	38	↑9	35
35	Jack	36	↓17	37
36	Timothy	36	new	52
37	Mark	35	↑8	47
38	Lawrence	34	↓4	32
39	Raymond	34	↓8	27
40	Steve	33	new	58
41	Arthur	32	new	38
42	Bill	32	↓9	76
43	Leonard	32	↓1	71
44	Allen	31	↑4	73
45	Danny	31	new	39
46	Roy	31	↑1	48
47	Bob	30	new	>100
48	Gregory	30	new	33
49	Mike	29	↓13	65
50	Joe	28	new	43

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