Popular baby names in Montana, 1957

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1957 were Mary for girls (239 babies) and David for boys (340). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,225 babies born in Montana in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1957

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

Girls

Jeri: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Sheri: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Karla: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colleen: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelley: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carrie: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tracy: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Teri: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carla: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ken: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Duane: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dan: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kim: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	239	–	1
2	Debra	199	–	4
3	Susan	181	–	2
4	Linda	157	–	3
5	Cynthia	149	↑9	7
6	Cindy	145	↑10	19
7	Karen	144	↓1	5
8	Patricia	129	↓3	8
9	Cheryl	103	↑13	16
10	Barbara	102	↑1	9
11	Nancy	100	↑4	11
12	Deborah	98	↓5	6
13	Kathleen	96	–	21
14	Debbie	89	↑11	27
15	Julie	88	↑3	28
16	Carol	87	↓8	18
17	Janet	86	–	23
18	Sandra	86	↓9	15
19	Pamela	81	↓9	12
20	Diane	78	↓1	17
21	Donna	76	↓9	10
22	Margaret	70	↓2	29
23	Kathy	68	↑1	20
24	Kim	68	↑6	35
25	Sharon	68	↓4	14
26	Lori	67	↑3	45
27	Elizabeth	62	↑11	22
28	Connie	60	↓5	47
29	Kathryn	59	new	65
30	Brenda	58	↑7	13
31	Vicki	57	↑3	51
32	Laurie	56	↓5	73
33	Peggy	56	↑3	62
34	Judy	54	↓8	38
35	Denise	52	↑7	25
36	Bonnie	50	↓5	64
37	Colleen	50	↓2	>100
38	Diana	49	new	43
39	Teresa	49	↓7	24
40	Gail	48	↑4	54
41	Rebecca	47	↓13	34
42	Rhonda	46	new	52
43	Janice	45	↓10	32
44	Katherine	44	↑6	72
45	Robin	43	↓2	30
46	Laura	42	↓7	31
47	Lynn	40	new	61
48	Kimberly	39	↓3	42
49	Leslie	39	new	77
50	Joan	38	↓3	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	340	↑3	3
2	Michael	335	–	1
3	Robert	299	↓2	4
4	James	279	↓1	2
5	John	272	–	5
6	William	252	↑1	6
7	Mark	226	↓1	7
8	Richard	190	–	8
9	Thomas	166	–	9
10	Daniel	164	↑1	16
11	Steven	161	↓1	10
12	Timothy	135	↑1	19
13	Douglas	128	↑7	30
14	Kenneth	122	↑2	14
15	Gary	120	↓3	13
16	Ronald	114	↓1	17
17	Donald	110	↓3	15
18	Scott	107	↑12	32
19	Larry	99	↑5	22
20	Charles	95	↓3	11
21	Kevin	95	↑4	20
22	Gregory	94	↓4	23
23	Paul	94	↑3	18
24	Joseph	93	↓3	12
25	Dennis	86	↓3	28
26	Randy	85	↓7	31
27	Patrick	82	–	41
28	Terry	72	↑5	33
29	Edward	71	↑3	25
30	Jeffrey	71	↓2	21
31	Brian	70	↑4	26
32	Bruce	68	↓9	34
33	Dale	66	↓2	50
34	Steve	64	↑14	44
35	Jerry	56	↑6	35
36	Roger	49	↓2	42
37	Keith	48	↑5	36
38	Craig	45	↑2	55
39	George	45	↓3	29
40	Russell	45	↑7	54
41	Mike	44	↑4	53
42	Rick	44	↓3	87
43	Rodney	44	↓6	70
44	Dean	43	new	93
45	Stephen	41	↓16	24
46	Alan	40	new	48
47	Dan	38	new	>100
48	Curtis	37	↓2	80
49	Raymond	36	↓6	39
50	Frank	35	new	38

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