Popular baby names in Montana, 1959

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1959 were Mary for girls (211 babies) and David for boys (291). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,600 babies born in Montana in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1959

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, 6.9× the national rate
Karla: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelley: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Melody: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelly: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheri: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlene: 18 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ken: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leo: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dan: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brett: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bret: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marty: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Duane: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ron: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	211	–	1
2	Susan	162	–	2
3	Linda	158	–	3
4	Debra	121	–	7
5	Lori	119	↑8	27
6	Julie	118	↓1	26
7	Karen	116	↓1	4
8	Pamela	100	↑10	12
9	Cindy	99	↑2	25
10	Kathy	96	↑4	15
11	Sandra	96	↑21	13
12	Barbara	91	↓5	11
13	Nancy	87	↑7	14
14	Debbie	86	↓5	20
15	Patricia	84	↓7	6
16	Tammy	82	↑14	31
17	Cynthia	76	↓2	8
18	Cheryl	75	↓2	18
19	Deborah	75	↓9	9
20	Carol	73	↓3	22
21	Kim	69	↑2	35
22	Brenda	64	↑2	16
23	Kelly	60	↑3	74
24	Laura	60	↑13	30
25	Donna	59	↓4	5
26	Janet	59	↓4	28
27	Diane	58	↓8	19
28	Kathleen	58	↓16	23
29	Lisa	58	↑12	10
30	Sharon	58	↓1	17
31	Laurie	56	↓4	56
32	Teresa	56	↑8	24
33	Terri	53	↑9	46
34	Robin	51	new	32
35	Connie	48	↓10	48
36	Margaret	48	↓2	36
37	Denise	45	↓9	29
38	Cathy	44	new	39
39	Colleen	44	↑8	>100
40	Rebecca	44	new	38
41	Vicki	44	↓5	73
42	Leslie	41	new	84
43	Janice	40	↑1	37
44	Jean	40	new	77
45	Judy	40	↓12	41
46	Michelle	39	new	47
47	Dawn	38	new	54
48	Peggy	37	↓17	57
49	Bonnie	36	↓3	71
50	Catherine	36	↓1	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	291	–	2
2	Michael	281	–	1
3	John	270	↑2	4
4	Robert	270	–	5
5	James	234	↓2	3
6	Mark	227	–	6
7	Richard	173	–	8
8	William	165	–	7
9	Daniel	156	↑2	18
10	Steven	147	↓1	10
11	Thomas	132	↓1	9
12	Kevin	126	↑8	14
13	Scott	126	↓1	24
14	Ronald	114	↑1	21
15	Donald	111	↑6	19
16	Gary	108	↓3	20
17	Douglas	106	↑2	30
18	Timothy	106	↓4	12
19	Mike	101	↑7	37
20	Brian	99	↑3	22
21	Kenneth	99	↓5	15
22	Paul	84	↑3	17
23	Joseph	80	↑7	13
24	Terry	76	↑8	33
25	Larry	75	↓3	25
26	Jeffrey	74	↑1	16
27	Charles	73	↓9	11
28	Steve	73	↑7	41
29	Bruce	71	↑4	38
30	Dale	71	↓2	49
31	Dennis	70	–	29
32	Patrick	70	↓8	43
33	Randy	70	↓16	31
34	Jerry	59	–	36
35	Jim	59	new	70
36	Keith	57	↑13	39
37	Gregory	55	↓8	23
38	Tim	54	↓1	60
39	Roger	52	↑4	47
40	Joe	49	new	57
41	Jeff	48	↑7	52
42	Dan	46	↓6	>100
43	Rick	46	↓5	89
44	Russell	46	new	56
45	Tom	46	↑1	82
46	Craig	44	new	44
47	Edward	39	↓7	27
48	George	39	↓4	32
49	Wayne	39	new	51
50	Alan	38	new	50

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