Popular baby names in Montana, 1949

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1949 were Linda for girls (414 babies) and Robert for boys (338). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,419 babies born in Montana in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1949

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

Girls

Robin: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Penny: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonita: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Candace: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Georgia: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julie: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kay: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vicki: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darlene: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Duane: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rick: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tom: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gordon: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Dan: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bill: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Allan: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	414	–	1
2	Mary	249	–	2
3	Susan	172	↑1	5
4	Barbara	165	↑1	4
5	Patricia	162	↓2	3
6	Karen	132	↑2	11
7	Carol	128	↓1	8
8	Sandra	125	↓1	6
9	Sharon	122	–	10
10	Kathleen	115	↑3	9
11	Nancy	113	↓1	7
12	Judy	91	↓1	20
13	Diane	83	↑4	19
14	Donna	83	↓2	12
15	Margaret	83	–	14
16	Bonnie	78	↑3	35
17	Shirley	74	↑5	18
18	Cheryl	72	↓4	28
19	Judith	68	↓1	16
20	Janice	63	–	24
21	Janet	62	↑4	23
22	Connie	60	↓6	43
23	Pamela	60	–	21
24	Betty	56	↓3	22
25	Peggy	56	↑4	38
26	Deborah	55	new	15
27	Carolyn	51	↑3	17
28	Beverly	50	↓4	31
29	Diana	49	↓1	48
30	Kathy	49	↑9	42
31	Marilyn	49	↓5	33
32	Vicki	45	↑11	70
33	Joyce	44	↑1	26
34	Darlene	41	↑7	75
35	Jean	40	↑2	45
36	Marcia	39	↑14	78
37	Kathryn	37	↓2	52
38	Catherine	36	new	37
39	Elizabeth	36	↓3	25
40	Helen	36	↓7	46
41	Rita	33	↑1	54
42	Virginia	33	↓15	39
43	Ann	32	new	44
44	Gloria	32	↑3	29
45	Dorothy	31	↓1	32
46	Frances	31	new	49
47	Lynda	31	new	93
48	Elaine	30	new	57
49	Ruth	30	–	47
50	Sherry	30	↓18	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	338	–	2
2	James	316	–	1
3	John	306	–	3
4	William	245	↑2	4
5	David	244	↓1	6
6	Michael	232	↑1	5
7	Richard	227	↓2	7
8	Thomas	178	–	8
9	Gary	142	–	12
10	Ronald	139	↑2	11
11	Larry	134	↓1	10
12	Donald	133	↑1	13
13	Dennis	127	↓2	16
14	Kenneth	122	–	15
15	Daniel	101	↑2	22
16	Charles	98	↓1	9
17	Douglas	85	↑7	29
18	George	80	–	18
19	Steven	80	↑1	20
20	Bruce	78	↑8	26
21	Mark	72	↑8	24
22	Jerry	69	↑3	23
23	Terry	63	↓7	28
24	Dale	62	↓2	54
25	Edward	60	↓2	21
26	Stephen	60	↑4	19
27	Joseph	59	↓6	14
28	Patrick	59	↓9	39
29	Paul	59	↓2	17
30	Gerald	55	↓4	33
31	Raymond	55	–	30
32	Gregory	54	↑3	31
33	Jack	50	↓1	47
34	Wayne	50	↑12	35
35	Roger	47	↓1	25
36	Timothy	45	↓3	34
37	Frank	36	↑7	27
38	Lawrence	36	↑11	32
39	Russell	35	–	69
40	Alan	30	↓3	45
41	Danny	30	new	40
42	Mike	29	↓6	88
43	Tom	28	↓2	>100
44	Duane	27	new	>100
45	Gordon	27	↓3	>100
46	Allen	26	new	71
47	Eugene	25	new	58
48	Randy	25	new	92
49	Arthur	24	new	44
50	Bill	24	↓7	>100

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