Popular baby names in Montana, 1962

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1962 were Lisa for girls (149 babies) and David for boys (295). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,625 babies born in Montana in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1962

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

Girls

Ronda: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelly: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roberta: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tami: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karla: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamie: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Teri: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Sheri: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jan: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bret: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brett: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dan: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ron: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dave: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tom: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelly: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	149	↑4	1
2	Mary	135	↓1	2
3	Lori	117	↑4	11
4	Susan	111	↓1	3
5	Julie	109	↑3	22
6	Karen	97	↓2	4
7	Linda	96	↓5	5
8	Brenda	86	↓2	12
9	Laurie	83	↑5	42
10	Kim	76	↑25	37
11	Cheryl	73	↑5	24
12	Kelly	73	↑12	38
13	Barbara	72	↓4	14
14	Pamela	71	↑9	13
15	Teresa	71	↑10	18
16	Patricia	70	↓5	6
17	Tracy	70	↑20	55
18	Cindy	69	↓8	34
19	Debra	66	↓2	15
20	Tammy	66	↓8	23
21	Kathy	65	–	27
22	Nancy	65	↓3	19
23	Sandra	65	↓8	10
24	Michelle	61	↑4	31
25	Deborah	60	↑8	9
26	Laura	60	↓4	21
27	Tina	60	new	33
28	Debbie	59	↓15	32
29	Kimberly	57	↑9	16
30	Cynthia	54	↓4	8
31	Kathleen	54	↓4	29
32	Donna	52	↓1	7
33	Carol	49	↓15	28
34	Connie	49	↓5	51
35	Robin	48	↓3	25
36	Sharon	47	↑11	17
37	Dawn	46	new	50
38	Denise	46	↑3	30
39	Janet	45	↓19	35
40	Terri	44	↑8	54
41	Christine	42	↑5	39
42	Shelly	42	↓6	>100
43	Theresa	42	↓9	40
44	Leslie	37	↑5	80
45	Sheila	37	new	52
46	Colleen	36	new	>100
47	Diane	35	↓17	26
48	Valerie	35	↓4	67
49	Paula	34	new	60
50	Carla	33	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	295	–	2
2	Michael	278	–	1
3	John	250	–	3
4	Robert	240	–	5
5	Mark	226	–	6
6	James	212	–	4
7	Scott	180	↑3	11
8	William	147	↓1	7
9	Richard	138	↑4	8
10	Thomas	123	↑2	9
11	Timothy	122	↑3	16
12	Kevin	120	↓4	14
13	Paul	110	↑11	19
14	Brian	99	↑7	20
15	Gary	99	↑1	22
16	Jeffrey	99	↑6	10
17	Daniel	96	↓6	17
18	Steven	94	↓9	12
19	Todd	94	↑11	30
20	Donald	89	↓1	23
21	Douglas	88	↓3	27
22	Mike	85	↓2	39
23	Charles	83	↑5	15
24	Joseph	80	↓9	13
25	Randy	74	↑1	35
26	Kenneth	69	↓9	18
27	Ronald	68	↓4	25
28	Gregory	66	↑3	21
29	Patrick	65	↑4	40
30	Craig	63	↑4	51
31	Russell	59	↑16	57
32	Steve	56	↓5	46
33	Bruce	55	↑4	41
34	Terry	55	↑8	34
35	Larry	54	↓3	31
36	Tim	51	↑7	72
37	Jerry	50	↑4	38
38	Jeff	49	↓13	44
39	Tom	47	new	98
40	Keith	46	↑4	36
41	Roger	45	new	47
42	Dan	43	↑6	>100
43	Stephen	43	new	28
44	Edward	42	↓4	29
45	Jim	41	↓10	85
46	Raymond	41	new	48
47	Alan	40	↓8	53
48	George	40	↑1	32
49	Brett	39	new	>100
50	Greg	39	↓14	77

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