Popular baby names in Montana, 1948

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1948 were Linda for girls (473 babies) and Robert for boys (378). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,108 babies born in Montana in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1948

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: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sheryl: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roberta: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carla: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Connie: 77 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gayle: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marlene: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terry: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Penny: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gordon: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Duane: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dean: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dan: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patrick: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jim: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	473	–	1
2	Mary	228	–	2
3	Patricia	175	↑2	4
4	Susan	165	↑5	5
5	Barbara	152	↑1	3
6	Carol	138	↓2	8
7	Sandra	135	–	6
8	Karen	133	–	12
9	Sharon	132	↓6	9
10	Nancy	119	↑2	7
11	Judy	100	–	16
12	Donna	97	↓2	11
13	Kathleen	92	↑4	10
14	Cheryl	85	↑2	25
15	Margaret	78	–	13
16	Connie	77	↑5	43
17	Diane	77	↓4	19
18	Judith	68	↓4	15
19	Bonnie	61	↓1	34
20	Janice	60	↑2	23
21	Betty	56	↓1	18
22	Shirley	56	↓3	20
23	Pamela	55	↑4	22
24	Beverly	52	↑4	31
25	Janet	52	↓1	24
26	Marilyn	51	↓3	33
27	Virginia	49	↑10	36
28	Diana	47	↓3	48
29	Peggy	44	↑7	38
30	Carolyn	41	↑3	14
31	Roberta	41	–	>100
32	Sherry	40	↑11	61
33	Helen	39	↑7	40
34	Joyce	36	↓5	21
35	Kathryn	36	new	54
36	Elizabeth	35	↑8	26
37	Jean	35	new	47
38	Katherine	34	new	68
39	Kathy	34	↓9	55
40	Sally	34	↑2	72
41	Darlene	32	↓2	77
42	Rita	32	new	59
43	Vicki	32	↓11	81
44	Dorothy	31	↓10	29
45	Joan	31	↓7	37
46	Colleen	30	new	>100
47	Gloria	30	↓12	28
48	Cynthia	29	new	27
49	Ruth	29	↑1	45
50	Marcia	28	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	378	↑1	2
2	James	325	↑1	1
3	John	317	↓2	3
4	David	234	↑2	5
5	Richard	230	↓1	7
6	William	221	↓1	4
7	Michael	195	↑1	6
8	Thomas	186	↑2	8
9	Gary	172	↓2	12
10	Larry	138	↑1	11
11	Dennis	131	↑2	17
12	Ronald	131	↓3	10
13	Donald	123	↓1	14
14	Kenneth	114	↑1	15
15	Charles	109	↓1	9
16	Terry	95	↑4	26
17	Daniel	85	↑2	22
18	George	75	↓1	16
19	Patrick	69	↑5	48
20	Steven	67	↑5	23
21	Joseph	65	↑5	13
22	Dale	64	↑8	56
23	Edward	64	↓5	19
24	Douglas	63	↓3	33
25	Jerry	56	↓9	21
26	Gerald	54	↓3	30
27	Paul	54	↓5	18
28	Bruce	53	↓1	28
29	Mark	50	↑8	29
30	Stephen	47	↓2	20
31	Raymond	46	↑8	27
32	Jack	45	↑3	43
33	Timothy	45	↑3	38
34	Roger	43	↓3	24
35	Gregory	40	↑13	32
36	Mike	40	↑13	68
37	Alan	38	new	46
38	Jim	36	↓6	86
39	Russell	35	new	67
40	Keith	34	new	89
41	Tom	34	new	94
42	Gordon	33	new	>100
43	Bill	32	↓1	84
44	Frank	32	↓11	25
45	Steve	32	↓5	60
46	Wayne	32	↓17	34
47	Carl	29	new	42
48	Dan	26	new	>100
49	Lawrence	26	↓11	31
50	Fred	25	new	66

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