Popular baby names in Montana, 1954

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1954 were Mary for girls (254 babies) and John for boys (338). John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,341 babies born in Montana in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1954

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: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Penny: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelley: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Patti: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marlene: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gayle: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Toni: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Debbie: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vicki: 75 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lori: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Byron: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dan: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Duane: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bill: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rodney: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Robin: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Neil: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	254	–	1
2	Debra	236	↑1	6
3	Linda	232	↓1	2
4	Susan	183	–	5
5	Patricia	162	–	4
6	Deborah	159	↑1	3
7	Karen	142	↓1	8
8	Barbara	141	–	7
9	Sandra	128	↑3	13
10	Carol	110	–	15
11	Kathleen	107	–	14
12	Nancy	101	↓3	9
13	Pamela	95	–	12
14	Cynthia	91	↑6	10
15	Janet	91	↑3	19
16	Donna	85	↓2	11
17	Diane	75	–	17
18	Vicki	75	↑28	50
19	Cheryl	69	–	22
20	Sharon	69	↓5	16
21	Margaret	65	↓5	21
22	Connie	63	↓1	39
23	Janice	62	↑4	25
24	Christine	59	↑2	43
25	Judy	58	–	29
26	Kathy	56	↑3	23
27	Julie	53	new	70
28	Colleen	50	↑8	>100
29	Robin	50	new	41
30	Marilyn	48	↓2	35
31	Rebecca	48	↓8	26
32	Peggy	47	↓10	48
33	Catherine	45	↓1	32
34	Debbie	45	new	92
35	Laura	45	↑10	45
36	Teresa	45	new	34
37	Bonnie	43	↓13	52
38	Elizabeth	43	↑2	20
39	Vickie	43	↑4	69
40	Kathryn	42	↓10	51
41	Sheila	42	↑1	60
42	Paula	41	new	38
43	Theresa	40	new	47
44	Gail	38	↓7	37
45	Joan	38	new	40
46	Jane	37	↑3	49
47	Leslie	37	new	99
48	Betty	36	↓14	36
49	Brenda	36	new	18
50	Denise	36	new	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	John	338	↑4	4
2	Robert	338	–	2
3	James	337	↓2	3
4	Michael	335	↓1	1
5	David	317	↓1	5
6	William	249	–	6
7	Richard	219	–	7
8	Thomas	193	–	8
9	Daniel	168	↑1	18
10	Steven	166	↓1	11
11	Mark	163	↑2	12
12	Gary	160	↓1	9
13	Donald	132	↑2	14
14	Ronald	129	↑3	15
15	Douglas	118	↓1	29
16	Timothy	111	↑3	26
17	Kenneth	109	↓5	17
18	Gregory	100	↑3	25
19	Charles	99	↑1	10
20	Dennis	93	↓4	21
21	Paul	90	↑3	16
22	Joseph	89	↑4	13
23	Larry	88	↓5	19
24	Patrick	72	↓1	38
25	Terry	69	↑2	27
26	George	64	↑2	24
27	Bruce	62	↑2	30
28	Dale	62	↑9	50
29	Rodney	60	↑6	66
30	Stephen	60	↓8	20
31	Randy	58	↓6	33
32	Roger	55	–	34
33	Edward	53	↓2	22
34	Jerry	53	↑2	31
35	Jeffrey	52	↓5	23
36	Scott	52	↓3	40
37	Wayne	51	↑4	41
38	Gerald	47	↑2	44
39	Russell	45	↑7	69
40	Lawrence	42	↑5	39
41	Kevin	40	↑8	28
42	Craig	38	–	51
43	Frank	38	↓4	36
44	Raymond	38	↓10	35
45	Micheal	37	new	88
46	Brian	35	new	48
47	Alan	34	↓9	43
48	Peter	33	new	37
49	Jack	30	↓5	57
50	Glenn	29	new	63

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