Popular baby names in Montana, 1960

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1960 were Mary for girls (190 babies) and David for boys (267). Social Security records list 14,288 babies born in Montana in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1960

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

Girls

Tana: 17 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Kari: 21 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Shelly: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tami: 38 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darla: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Karla: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Carla: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leslie: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patti: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sheri: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Bret: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rocky: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wade: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dan: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelly: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Ron: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ken: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doug: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	190	–	1
2	Lori	161	↑3	20
3	Susan	140	↓1	2
4	Karen	113	↑3	4
5	Linda	112	↓2	3
6	Julie	110	–	28
7	Debra	98	↓3	8
8	Cindy	95	↑1	30
9	Brenda	90	↑13	13
10	Lisa	88	↑19	6
11	Laurie	82	↑20	37
12	Kathy	81	↓2	21
13	Kim	80	↑8	34
14	Donna	79	↑11	5
15	Carol	78	↑5	23
16	Barbara	76	↓4	12
17	Cynthia	74	–	9
18	Janet	74	↑8	32
19	Cheryl	72	↓1	17
20	Debbie	72	↓6	24
21	Laura	71	↑3	25
22	Kelly	68	↑1	52
23	Patricia	68	↓8	7
24	Sandra	67	↓13	11
25	Tammy	67	↓9	31
26	Deborah	66	↓7	10
27	Kathleen	66	↑1	27
28	Diane	63	↓1	22
29	Nancy	63	↓16	15
30	Pamela	63	↓22	14
31	Connie	60	↑4	47
32	Teresa	56	–	19
33	Michelle	53	↑13	39
34	Denise	51	↑3	29
35	Sharon	50	↓5	16
36	Elizabeth	49	new	18
37	Peggy	49	↑11	69
38	Rhonda	48	new	44
39	Leslie	46	↑3	92
40	Bonnie	45	↑9	71
41	Shelly	45	new	>100
42	Robin	44	↓8	33
43	Theresa	44	new	35
44	Janice	43	↓1	41
45	Rebecca	43	↓5	38
46	Carla	40	new	>100
47	Terri	40	↓14	49
48	Christine	39	new	40
49	Tina	39	new	45
50	Tami	38	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	267	–	1
2	Mark	263	↑4	6
3	Michael	250	↓1	2
4	John	235	↓1	4
5	Robert	228	↓1	5
6	James	222	↓1	3
7	William	175	↑1	7
8	Daniel	144	↑1	17
9	Thomas	140	↑2	9
10	Richard	138	↓3	8
11	Steven	136	↓1	10
12	Scott	129	↑1	23
13	Timothy	125	↑5	11
14	Kevin	121	↓2	15
15	Brian	109	↑5	20
16	Joseph	101	↑7	12
17	Donald	89	↓2	19
18	Kenneth	89	↑3	16
19	Douglas	87	↓2	30
20	Jeffrey	87	↑6	14
21	Ronald	87	↓7	21
22	Charles	86	↑5	13
23	Gary	85	↓7	22
24	Mike	78	↓5	36
25	Randy	77	↑8	32
26	Larry	74	↓1	28
27	Gregory	73	↑10	24
28	Paul	73	↓6	18
29	Bruce	68	–	39
30	Dale	66	–	54
31	Patrick	66	↑1	45
32	Russell	65	↑12	56
33	Dennis	63	↓2	31
34	Steve	63	↓6	43
35	Terry	57	↓11	34
36	Dan	56	↑6	>100
37	Edward	56	↑10	26
38	Keith	56	↓2	35
39	Tim	50	↓1	60
40	Rodney	49	new	68
41	Jim	48	↓6	75
42	Roger	48	↓3	47
43	Alan	47	↑7	50
44	Jeff	47	↓3	49
45	Jay	46	new	78
46	Tom	46	↓1	86
47	Kelly	42	new	>100
48	Jerry	41	↓14	37
49	Wayne	41	–	58
50	Todd	40	new	71

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