Popular baby names in Montana, 1955

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1955 were Mary for girls (252 babies) and Robert for boys (340). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,588 babies born in Montana in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1955

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

Girls

Deanna: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Penny: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelley: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Colleen: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patti: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lori: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cindy: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marlene: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gayle: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Debora: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Duane: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Tim: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clayton: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dave: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dan: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Stuart: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dale: 80 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	252	–	1
2	Debra	228	–	4
3	Linda	209	–	3
4	Susan	207	–	5
5	Karen	157	↑2	8
6	Patricia	144	↓1	6
7	Deborah	143	↓1	2
8	Barbara	126	–	7
9	Kathleen	119	↑2	17
10	Pamela	106	↑3	12
11	Nancy	105	↑1	9
12	Carol	97	↓2	15
13	Sandra	92	↓4	13
14	Donna	86	↑2	10
15	Cynthia	82	↓1	11
16	Diane	80	↑1	14
17	Janet	69	↓2	20
18	Margaret	68	↑3	24
19	Connie	64	↑3	35
20	Vicki	63	↓2	52
21	Cheryl	61	↓2	19
22	Kathy	57	↑4	22
23	Laura	55	↑12	41
24	Sharon	55	↓4	16
25	Rebecca	54	↑6	27
26	Catherine	53	↑7	28
27	Janice	53	↓4	25
28	Bonnie	51	↑9	45
29	Debbie	50	↑5	63
30	Jean	48	new	60
31	Judy	48	↓6	32
32	Peggy	48	–	51
33	Brenda	47	↑16	18
34	Cindy	46	new	79
35	Diana	46	new	55
36	Elizabeth	46	↑2	21
37	Julie	46	↓10	67
38	Colleen	45	↓10	>100
39	Sherry	45	new	56
40	Lori	43	new	89
41	Ann	42	new	43
42	Teresa	42	↓6	26
43	Theresa	42	–	38
44	Denise	40	↑6	23
45	Kathryn	40	↓5	59
46	Betty	39	↑2	36
47	Laurie	39	new	91
48	Marilyn	39	↓18	49
49	Paula	39	↓7	39
50	Vickie	38	↓11	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	340	↑1	4
2	James	337	↑1	3
3	Michael	330	↑1	1
4	David	328	↑1	2
5	John	306	↓4	5
6	William	227	–	6
7	Richard	202	–	7
8	Thomas	200	–	8
9	Daniel	183	–	17
10	Mark	182	↑1	9
11	Steven	170	↓1	10
12	Donald	142	↑1	14
13	Gary	137	↓1	12
14	Timothy	135	↑2	22
15	Douglas	121	–	29
16	Kenneth	102	↑1	15
17	Joseph	101	↑5	13
18	Ronald	100	↓4	18
19	Charles	99	–	11
20	Larry	94	↑3	19
21	Dennis	88	↓1	23
22	Paul	88	↓1	16
23	Gregory	81	↓5	24
24	Bruce	80	↑3	32
25	Dale	80	↑3	52
26	Randy	76	↑5	30
27	Scott	76	↑9	38
28	Edward	73	↑5	25
29	Patrick	71	↓5	41
30	Terry	71	↓5	28
31	Jeffrey	70	↑4	20
32	Kevin	66	↑9	27
33	Stephen	66	↓3	21
34	Raymond	58	↑10	36
35	Roger	56	↓3	37
36	Jerry	55	↓2	33
37	George	53	↓11	26
38	Craig	50	↑4	50
39	Wayne	49	↓2	44
40	Keith	46	new	39
41	Rodney	46	↓12	65
42	Gerald	45	↓4	48
43	Duane	44	new	>100
44	Brian	42	↑2	40
45	Alan	39	↑2	43
46	Frank	38	↓3	34
47	Kim	38	new	98
48	Peter	38	–	35
49	Jack	37	–	60
50	Danny	34	new	45

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