Popular baby names in Montana, 1953

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1953 were Mary for girls (236 babies) and James for boys (339). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,624 babies born in Montana in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1953

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

Girls

Karla: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Penny: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colleen: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelley: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carla: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Cindy: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marlene: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Terry: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurie: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terri: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brad: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mike: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Robin: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Guy: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Duane: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Douglas: 117 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	236	↑1	1
2	Linda	232	↓1	2
3	Debra	211	↑5	7
4	Susan	186	–	5
5	Patricia	162	↑2	4
6	Karen	159	↓3	9
7	Deborah	146	↓1	3
8	Barbara	131	↓3	6
9	Nancy	120	↑1	8
10	Carol	115	↑1	16
11	Kathleen	113	↓2	14
12	Sandra	104	–	11
13	Pamela	95	↑4	10
14	Donna	91	↑4	13
15	Sharon	86	↓2	15
16	Margaret	80	↑6	20
17	Diane	78	↓2	17
18	Janet	77	↑3	19
19	Cheryl	67	↑5	28
20	Cynthia	64	↓6	12
21	Connie	61	↓2	47
22	Peggy	56	↑22	44
23	Rebecca	56	↑8	24
24	Bonnie	55	↓4	45
25	Judy	55	–	27
26	Christine	54	↑1	32
27	Janice	52	↓11	22
28	Marilyn	50	↑7	36
29	Kathy	49	↓6	23
30	Kathryn	45	↓1	48
31	Shirley	45	↑7	29
32	Catherine	44	–	35
33	Diana	42	↑1	55
34	Betty	41	↑2	33
35	Beverly	39	↑7	34
36	Colleen	39	↓8	>100
37	Gail	39	new	39
38	Judith	39	↓12	30
39	Cindy	38	new	99
40	Elizabeth	38	↓10	21
41	Rita	38	new	64
42	Sheila	38	↑5	60
43	Vickie	38	↑5	79
44	Katherine	37	↑2	63
45	Laura	37	new	51
46	Vicki	36	↓9	61
47	Darlene	34	new	75
48	Joyce	34	new	26
49	Jane	32	↓16	43
50	Jean	32	↓11	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	339	↑1	2
2	Robert	335	↓1	1
3	Michael	325	↑2	3
4	David	319	–	5
5	John	310	↓2	4
6	William	276	↑1	6
7	Richard	243	↓1	7
8	Thomas	217	–	8
9	Steven	169	↑2	11
10	Daniel	137	–	20
11	Gary	129	↓2	10
12	Kenneth	125	↑5	17
13	Mark	119	–	12
14	Douglas	117	↑1	27
15	Donald	109	↓3	14
16	Dennis	108	↓2	19
17	Ronald	108	↑2	15
18	Larry	106	↓2	18
19	Timothy	106	↑2	26
20	Charles	100	↓2	9
21	Gregory	86	↑1	24
22	Stephen	77	↓2	21
23	Patrick	74	↑3	39
24	Paul	74	↓1	16
25	Randy	74	↑10	35
26	Joseph	73	↓2	13
27	Terry	71	–	30
28	George	70	↑6	22
29	Bruce	66	↓1	28
30	Jeffrey	62	↑11	25
31	Edward	59	↓6	23
32	Roger	56	↑5	31
33	Scott	55	↑11	46
34	Raymond	54	↓1	34
35	Rodney	53	↑7	58
36	Jerry	50	↓7	29
37	Dale	49	↓6	48
38	Alan	41	–	43
39	Frank	39	–	33
40	Gerald	39	↓10	42
41	Wayne	39	↓9	40
42	Craig	37	↓6	60
43	Keith	37	↑5	47
44	Jack	35	↑3	57
45	Lawrence	35	↓5	37
46	Russell	35	↓3	71
47	Rick	34	new	>100
48	Eugene	33	new	75
49	Kevin	27	new	36
50	Ralph	27	new	59

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