Popular baby names in Montana, 1951

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1951 were Linda for girls (302 babies) and James for boys (348). Social Security records list 12,988 babies born in Montana in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1951

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

Girls

Patti: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Carla: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelley: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colleen: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terri: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Penny: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cindy: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marlene: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laurie: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marcia: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Daryl: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kerry: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tom: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kent: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gordon: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Kim: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Dale: 64 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darrell: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dan: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	302	–	1
2	Mary	238	–	2
3	Patricia	160	↑3	3
4	Barbara	148	↓1	5
5	Susan	142	↓1	6
6	Karen	140	↑3	8
7	Carol	137	↓2	11
8	Kathleen	135	–	10
9	Deborah	118	↑8	4
10	Nancy	116	–	7
11	Sandra	113	↓4	9
12	Donna	109	–	12
13	Debra	87	new	18
14	Janet	84	↑7	19
15	Sharon	81	↓4	13
16	Cheryl	80	↓3	30
17	Bonnie	76	↑3	37
18	Janice	74	↑7	21
19	Diane	73	–	15
20	Judy	72	↓5	26
21	Pamela	68	↓5	16
22	Margaret	65	↓8	17
23	Judith	64	↓1	25
24	Connie	63	↓1	44
25	Kathryn	50	↑2	45
26	Marilyn	48	↓2	41
27	Beverly	47	↓1	33
28	Gail	47	↑14	36
29	Cynthia	45	↑19	20
30	Vicki	45	↓1	58
31	Catherine	44	↑4	34
32	Diana	44	↑1	50
33	Marcia	44	↑11	74
34	Christine	42	↑13	24
35	Shirley	42	↓17	27
36	Elizabeth	41	↑3	23
37	Kathy	41	↓7	35
38	Katherine	40	new	55
39	Jane	39	↑4	43
40	Joan	38	–	39
41	Colleen	37	↓9	>100
42	Brenda	36	↓5	14
43	Darlene	36	↑6	79
44	Peggy	36	↓13	40
45	Betty	34	↓17	29
46	Helen	34	↓8	54
47	Carolyn	31	↓1	22
48	Joyce	31	↓12	28
49	Lynn	31	new	72
50	Vickie	31	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	348	↑2	1
2	Robert	343	↓1	2
3	John	324	↓1	3
4	David	278	↑2	5
5	Michael	272	–	4
6	William	247	↑1	6
7	Richard	244	↓3	7
8	Gary	189	–	10
9	Thomas	185	–	8
10	Daniel	155	↑4	21
11	Steven	146	↑1	13
12	Donald	140	↓2	15
13	Ronald	139	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	124	↓1	16
15	Dennis	118	–	17
16	Larry	113	–	11
17	Douglas	108	↑2	27
18	Charles	107	↓1	9
19	Stephen	84	↑8	19
20	Mark	82	↓2	20
21	Joseph	75	↑8	14
22	Timothy	74	↑9	28
23	Bruce	71	–	26
24	Gregory	71	↓4	25
25	Terry	70	↑7	30
26	Dale	64	↑8	49
27	Jerry	64	↓3	24
28	Paul	64	↓2	18
29	Patrick	62	↓7	39
30	Edward	59	↓9	23
31	George	56	↓6	22
32	Gerald	51	↓4	36
33	Wayne	47	↑2	37
34	Lawrence	46	↑2	33
35	Roger	45	↑2	29
36	Randy	39	↑2	56
37	Raymond	38	↓7	32
38	Scott	38	↑9	68
39	Allen	36	↑6	72
40	Jack	35	↓7	48
41	Frank	34	new	31
42	Russell	33	↓1	73
43	Alan	32	–	40
44	Keith	32	new	59
45	Duane	31	new	>100
46	Jeffrey	31	new	35
47	Ralph	31	new	51
48	Gordon	30	↓2	>100
49	Walter	28	new	42
50	Randall	27	new	66

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