Popular baby names in Montana, 1952

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1952 were Linda for girls (256 babies) and Robert for boys (314). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,559 babies born in Montana in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1952

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

Girls

Penny: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colleen: 53 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelley: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ramona: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Georgia: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gayle: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Cindy: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carla: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Daryl: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kim: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leslie: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Duane: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dan: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rodney: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dean: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Douglas: 112 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dale: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	256	–	1
2	Mary	252	–	2
3	Karen	161	↑3	8
4	Susan	161	↑1	5
5	Barbara	158	↓1	6
6	Deborah	156	↑3	4
7	Patricia	156	↓4	3
8	Debra	147	↑5	9
9	Kathleen	137	↓1	11
10	Nancy	125	–	7
11	Carol	112	↓4	12
12	Sandra	111	↓1	10
13	Sharon	86	↑2	14
14	Cynthia	80	↑15	18
15	Diane	77	↑4	16
16	Janice	75	↑2	23
17	Pamela	75	↑4	17
18	Donna	74	↓6	13
19	Connie	72	↑5	44
20	Bonnie	68	↓3	41
21	Janet	67	↓7	19
22	Margaret	66	–	21
23	Kathy	65	↑14	29
24	Cheryl	64	↓8	31
25	Judy	60	↓5	26
26	Judith	59	↓3	25
27	Christine	56	↑7	20
28	Colleen	53	↑13	>100
29	Kathryn	50	↓4	48
30	Elizabeth	48	↑6	22
31	Rebecca	47	new	30
32	Catherine	46	↓1	34
33	Jane	45	↑6	42
34	Diana	44	↓2	51
35	Marilyn	43	↓9	38
36	Betty	40	↑9	32
37	Vicki	40	↓7	61
38	Shirley	39	↓3	28
39	Jean	38	new	50
40	Paula	37	new	47
41	Teresa	37	new	52
42	Beverly	36	↓15	35
43	Sherry	36	new	68
44	Peggy	35	–	43
45	Rose	35	new	62
46	Katherine	34	↓8	59
47	Sheila	34	new	64
48	Vickie	34	↑2	76
49	Julie	33	new	85
50	Penny	33	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	314	↑1	2
2	James	313	↓1	1
3	John	309	–	3
4	David	302	–	5
5	Michael	282	–	4
6	Richard	245	↑1	7
7	William	225	↓1	6
8	Thomas	201	↑1	8
9	Gary	182	↓1	10
10	Daniel	156	–	20
11	Steven	147	–	11
12	Donald	137	–	13
13	Mark	129	↑7	17
14	Dennis	122	↑1	18
15	Douglas	112	↑2	28
16	Larry	112	–	14
17	Kenneth	110	↓3	16
18	Charles	109	–	9
19	Ronald	109	↓6	15
20	Stephen	91	↓1	21
21	Timothy	91	↑1	27
22	Gregory	77	↑2	24
23	Paul	77	↑5	19
24	Joseph	76	↓3	12
25	Edward	71	↑5	23
26	Patrick	71	↑3	37
27	Terry	64	↓2	29
28	Bruce	63	↓5	25
29	Jerry	62	↓2	26
30	Gerald	61	↑2	39
31	Dale	59	↓5	46
32	Wayne	58	↑1	38
33	Raymond	56	↑4	33
34	George	53	↓3	22
35	Randy	49	↑1	41
36	Craig	46	new	59
37	Roger	46	↓2	30
38	Alan	42	↑5	42
39	Frank	39	↑2	32
40	Lawrence	39	↓6	35
41	Jeffrey	38	↑5	31
42	Rodney	37	new	84
43	Russell	37	↓1	70
44	Scott	36	↓6	54
45	Allen	35	↓6	78
46	Randall	35	↑4	63
47	Jack	34	↓7	52
48	Keith	32	↓4	49
49	Gordon	29	↓1	>100
50	Micheal	29	new	94

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