Popular baby names in Montana, 1958

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1958 were Mary for girls (187 babies) and David for boys (318). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,240 babies born in Montana in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1958

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

Girls

Kari: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelley: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 61 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shelly: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Tami: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tracy: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Patti: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carla: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gayle: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wade: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dan: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelly: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leslie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kim: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Duane: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ken: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Doug: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	187	–	1
2	Susan	171	↑1	2
3	Linda	144	↑1	3
4	Debra	143	↓2	6
5	Julie	142	↑10	23
6	Karen	118	↑1	4
7	Barbara	117	↑3	9
8	Patricia	106	–	5
9	Debbie	105	↑5	24
10	Deborah	97	↑2	7
11	Cindy	92	↓5	25
12	Kathleen	88	↑1	21
13	Lori	88	↑13	30
14	Kathy	86	↑9	14
15	Cynthia	85	↓10	8
16	Cheryl	84	↓7	13
17	Carol	81	↓1	20
18	Pamela	80	↑1	11
19	Diane	76	↑1	18
20	Nancy	72	↓9	12
21	Donna	69	–	10
22	Janet	69	↓5	28
23	Kim	67	↑1	40
24	Brenda	62	↑6	16
25	Connie	61	↑3	50
26	Kelly	61	new	>100
27	Laurie	61	↑5	70
28	Denise	59	↑7	27
29	Sharon	59	↓4	17
30	Tammy	59	new	44
31	Peggy	57	↑2	42
32	Sandra	57	↓14	15
33	Judy	55	↑1	36
34	Margaret	53	↓12	31
35	Elizabeth	52	↓8	22
36	Vicki	49	↓5	57
37	Laura	48	↑9	29
38	Rhonda	46	↑4	48
39	Kimberly	45	↑9	39
40	Teresa	45	↓1	26
41	Lisa	44	new	19
42	Terri	43	new	51
43	Theresa	43	new	33
44	Janice	41	↓1	35
45	Wanda	41	new	66
46	Bonnie	36	↓10	63
47	Colleen	36	↓10	>100
48	Carla	35	new	>100
49	Catherine	35	new	38
50	Christine	35	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	318	–	2
2	Michael	276	–	1
3	James	261	↑1	3
4	Robert	249	↓1	4
5	John	248	–	5
6	Mark	190	↑1	7
7	Richard	187	↑1	8
8	William	183	↓2	6
9	Steven	154	↑2	10
10	Thomas	149	↓1	9
11	Daniel	142	↓1	16
12	Scott	127	↑6	25
13	Gary	121	↑2	17
14	Timothy	121	↓2	13
15	Ronald	117	↑1	19
16	Kenneth	110	↓2	14
17	Randy	95	↑9	32
18	Charles	94	↑2	11
19	Douglas	93	↓6	30
20	Kevin	92	↑1	20
21	Donald	90	↓4	18
22	Larry	88	↓3	22
23	Brian	85	↑8	24
24	Patrick	76	↑3	42
25	Paul	76	↓2	15
26	Mike	74	↑15	40
27	Jeffrey	71	↑3	21
28	Dale	70	↑5	46
29	Gregory	68	↓7	23
30	Joseph	67	↓6	12
31	Dennis	65	↓6	29
32	Terry	65	↓4	33
33	Bruce	63	↓1	36
34	Jerry	55	↑1	35
35	Steve	53	↓1	44
36	Dan	52	↑11	>100
37	Tim	52	new	74
38	Rick	48	↑4	77
39	Rodney	48	↑4	65
40	Edward	47	↓11	28
41	Raymond	47	↑8	43
42	Dean	45	↑2	97
43	Roger	45	↓7	47
44	George	44	↓5	31
45	Gerald	41	new	58
46	Tom	41	new	96
47	Curtis	40	↑1	82
48	Jeff	40	new	68
49	Keith	40	↓12	37
50	Greg	39	new	>100

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