Popular baby names in Montana, 1956

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1956 were Mary for girls (235 babies) and Robert for boys (335). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,752 babies born in Montana in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1956

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, 4.1× the national rate
Shelley: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Teri: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Joni: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ramona: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Carla: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marlene: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurie: 57 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Melody: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 20 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clinton: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leslie: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tim: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jim: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	235	–	1
2	Debra	221	–	2
3	Susan	185	↑1	5
4	Linda	169	↓1	3
5	Patricia	147	↑1	6
6	Karen	140	↓1	7
7	Deborah	119	–	4
8	Carol	112	↑4	16
9	Sandra	105	↑4	14
10	Pamela	104	–	12
11	Barbara	101	↓3	9
12	Donna	100	↑2	10
13	Kathleen	95	↓4	17
14	Cynthia	94	↑1	8
15	Nancy	94	↓4	11
16	Cindy	82	↑18	37
17	Janet	73	–	21
18	Julie	73	↑19	48
19	Diane	70	↓3	15
20	Margaret	69	↓2	25
21	Sharon	69	↑3	13
22	Cheryl	66	↓1	18
23	Connie	65	↓4	43
24	Kathy	63	↓2	20
25	Debbie	57	↑4	39
26	Judy	57	↑5	35
27	Laurie	57	↑20	76
28	Rebecca	57	↓3	27
29	Lori	55	↑11	66
30	Kim	54	new	38
31	Bonnie	52	↓3	51
32	Teresa	51	↑10	24
33	Janice	50	↓6	26
34	Vicki	48	↓14	57
35	Colleen	47	↑3	>100
36	Peggy	47	↓4	63
37	Brenda	46	↓4	19
38	Elizabeth	44	↓2	22
39	Laura	43	↓16	34
40	Theresa	43	↑3	32
41	Catherine	42	↓15	28
42	Denise	42	↑2	23
43	Robin	41	new	29
44	Gail	40	new	49
45	Kimberly	40	new	74
46	Jean	39	↓16	65
47	Joan	38	new	52
48	Vickie	38	↑2	68
49	Judith	36	new	45
50	Katherine	36	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Robert	335	–	3
2	Michael	328	↑1	1
3	James	327	↓1	2
4	David	318	–	4
5	John	315	–	5
6	Mark	243	↑4	8
7	William	203	↓1	6
8	Richard	187	↓1	7
9	Thomas	186	↓1	9
10	Steven	176	↑1	10
11	Daniel	145	↓2	18
12	Gary	139	↑1	13
13	Timothy	139	↑1	19
14	Donald	138	↓2	14
15	Ronald	119	↑3	15
16	Kenneth	114	–	16
17	Charles	104	↑2	11
18	Gregory	101	↑5	24
19	Randy	100	↑7	28
20	Douglas	99	↓5	29
21	Joseph	94	↓4	12
22	Dennis	93	↓1	26
23	Bruce	90	↑1	33
24	Larry	84	↓4	21
25	Kevin	79	↑7	22
26	Paul	77	↓4	17
27	Patrick	73	↑2	40
28	Jeffrey	72	↑3	20
29	Stephen	70	↑4	23
30	Scott	68	↓3	34
31	Dale	67	↓6	50
32	Edward	58	↓4	25
33	Terry	58	↓3	31
34	Roger	57	↑1	41
35	Brian	56	↑9	32
36	George	52	↑1	27
37	Rodney	50	↑4	65
38	Wayne	48	↑1	45
39	Rick	47	new	100
40	Craig	46	↓2	51
41	Jerry	44	↓5	35
42	Keith	44	↓2	36
43	Raymond	44	↓9	39
44	Jack	41	↑5	66
45	Mike	40	new	97
46	Curtis	39	new	80
47	Russell	37	new	52
48	Steve	37	new	59
49	Gerald	34	↓7	49
50	Micheal	34	new	83

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