Popular baby names in Montana, 1961

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1961 were Mary for girls (171 babies) and David for boys (286). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 14,178 babies born in Montana in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1961

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: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shannon: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shelly: 49 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Karla: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Teri: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patti: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamie: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tammie: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Toni: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Wade: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kim: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Robin: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelly: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dan: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawn: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doug: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brett: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ted: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	171	–	1
2	Linda	128	↑3	4
3	Susan	120	–	3
4	Karen	111	–	5
5	Lisa	111	↑5	2
6	Brenda	110	↑3	11
7	Lori	107	↓5	14
8	Julie	94	↓2	23
9	Barbara	89	↑7	12
10	Cindy	88	↓2	33
11	Patricia	81	↑12	6
12	Tammy	80	↑13	28
13	Debbie	79	↑7	31
14	Laurie	77	↓3	43
15	Sandra	76	↑9	9
16	Cheryl	72	↑3	20
17	Debra	72	↓10	13
18	Carol	69	↓3	24
19	Nancy	67	↑10	16
20	Janet	66	↓2	32
21	Kathy	66	↓9	25
22	Laura	65	↓1	21
23	Pamela	65	↑7	15
24	Kelly	63	↓2	45
25	Teresa	63	↑7	18
26	Cynthia	61	↓9	8
27	Kathleen	58	–	29
28	Michelle	57	↑5	34
29	Connie	55	↑2	50
30	Diane	55	↓2	26
31	Donna	55	↓17	7
32	Robin	55	↑10	27
33	Deborah	53	↓7	10
34	Theresa	52	↑9	35
35	Kim	49	↓22	36
36	Shelly	49	↑5	>100
37	Tracy	47	new	64
38	Kimberly	46	new	22
39	Rebecca	46	↑6	44
40	Peggy	44	↓3	88
41	Denise	42	↓7	30
42	Judy	42	new	58
43	Elizabeth	41	↓7	19
44	Valerie	41	new	67
45	Rhonda	39	↓7	46
46	Christine	37	↑2	39
47	Sharon	36	↓12	17
48	Terri	36	↓1	51
49	Leslie	35	↓10	84
50	Janice	34	↓6	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	286	–	2
2	Michael	275	↑1	1
3	John	251	↑1	3
4	Robert	241	↑1	5
5	Mark	234	↓3	6
6	James	231	–	4
7	William	163	–	7
8	Kevin	139	↑6	14
9	Steven	138	↑2	10
10	Scott	137	↑2	19
11	Daniel	131	↓3	17
12	Thomas	131	↓3	9
13	Richard	128	↓3	8
14	Timothy	127	↓1	15
15	Joseph	106	↑1	12
16	Gary	101	↑7	21
17	Kenneth	100	↑1	16
18	Douglas	98	↑1	28
19	Donald	95	↓2	22
20	Mike	94	↑4	36
21	Brian	91	↓6	20
22	Jeffrey	86	↓2	11
23	Ronald	86	↓2	24
24	Paul	80	↑4	18
25	Jeff	78	↑19	49
26	Randy	69	↓1	33
27	Steve	66	↑7	45
28	Charles	65	↓6	13
29	Dale	63	↑1	58
30	Todd	62	↑20	46
31	Gregory	61	↓4	23
32	Larry	60	↓6	30
33	Patrick	60	↓2	39
34	Craig	59	new	43
35	Jim	56	↑6	78
36	Greg	54	new	77
37	Bruce	53	↓8	40
38	Dennis	52	↓5	34
39	Alan	49	↑4	51
40	Edward	49	↓3	29
41	Jerry	48	↑7	37
42	Terry	47	↓7	32
43	Tim	46	↓4	65
44	Keith	44	↓6	35
45	Rick	44	new	>100
46	Rodney	44	↓6	72
47	Russell	43	↓15	55
48	Dan	42	↓12	>100
49	George	42	new	31
50	Kelly	41	↓3	>100

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