Popular baby names in Montana, 1950

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1950 were Linda for girls (343 babies) and Robert for boys (364). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,733 babies born in Montana in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1950

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: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Candace: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurie: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michelle: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roberta: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vicki: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Michele: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vickie: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Claudia: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dan: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Duane: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rick: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Gordon: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dean: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leslie: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rodney: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	343	–	1
2	Mary	265	–	2
3	Barbara	176	↑1	4
4	Susan	168	↓1	5
5	Carol	149	↑2	9
6	Patricia	147	↓1	3
7	Sandra	142	↑1	8
8	Kathleen	125	↑2	10
9	Karen	122	↓3	12
10	Nancy	112	↑1	6
11	Sharon	96	↓2	11
12	Donna	94	↑2	13
13	Cheryl	76	↑5	29
14	Margaret	73	↑1	15
15	Judy	72	↓3	25
16	Pamela	72	↑7	17
17	Deborah	71	↑9	7
18	Shirley	69	↓1	19
19	Diane	63	↓6	16
20	Bonnie	61	↓4	33
21	Janet	61	–	18
22	Judith	58	↓3	21
23	Connie	56	↓1	44
24	Marilyn	56	↑7	37
25	Janice	53	↓5	22
26	Beverly	51	↑2	31
27	Kathryn	51	↑10	46
28	Betty	50	↓4	26
29	Vicki	49	↑3	61
30	Kathy	48	–	38
31	Peggy	46	↓6	41
32	Colleen	44	new	>100
33	Diana	43	↓4	47
34	Virginia	41	↑8	43
35	Catherine	40	↑3	34
36	Joyce	40	↓3	27
37	Brenda	38	new	14
38	Helen	37	↑2	50
39	Elizabeth	36	–	24
40	Joan	36	new	40
41	Sherry	33	↑9	62
42	Gail	32	new	42
43	Jane	32	new	39
44	Marcia	32	↓8	77
45	Roberta	32	new	96
46	Carolyn	31	↓19	20
47	Christine	31	new	28
48	Cynthia	31	new	23
49	Darlene	31	↓15	79
50	Jean	31	↓15	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	364	–	2
2	John	352	↑1	3
3	James	350	↓1	1
4	Richard	269	↑3	7
5	Michael	259	↑1	4
6	David	258	↓1	5
7	William	231	↓3	6
8	Gary	193	↑1	10
9	Thomas	187	↓1	8
10	Donald	145	↑2	14
11	Ronald	136	↓1	12
12	Steven	129	↑7	16
13	Kenneth	128	↑1	15
14	Daniel	126	↑1	21
15	Dennis	126	↓2	17
16	Larry	125	↓5	11
17	Charles	94	↓1	9
18	Mark	84	↑3	23
19	Douglas	80	↓2	28
20	Gregory	74	↑12	25
21	Edward	68	↑4	22
22	Patrick	65	↑6	38
23	Bruce	63	↓3	26
24	Jerry	61	↓2	24
25	George	60	↓7	20
26	Paul	60	↑3	18
27	Stephen	60	↓1	19
28	Gerald	59	↑2	34
29	Joseph	57	↓2	13
30	Raymond	56	↑1	31
31	Timothy	52	↑5	32
32	Terry	51	↓9	30
33	Jack	49	–	48
34	Dale	48	↓10	49
35	Wayne	48	↓1	35
36	Lawrence	44	↑2	33
37	Roger	43	↓2	27
38	Randy	35	↑10	80
39	Rodney	34	new	88
40	Dan	32	new	>100
41	Russell	32	↓2	67
42	Glenn	31	new	59
43	Alan	30	↓3	41
44	Stanley	30	new	60
45	Allen	29	↑1	71
46	Gordon	29	↓1	>100
47	Scott	29	new	82
48	Barry	28	new	74
49	Carl	28	new	44
50	Eugene	28	↓3	58

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