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Baby names in Montana, 1920s

1920–1929 · 83,519 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Montana across the 1920s, with 3,064 births in the decade. The state recorded 83,519 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Montana in the 1920s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Montana2767×
Lyle148
Fern136
Donna278
Bob150
Duane98
Patrick126
Bill229

Top 25 in the 1920s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert3,064
#2John2,542
#3Mary2,476
#4William2,262
#5James1,993
#6Betty1,719
#7Dorothy1,593
#8Helen1,575
#9Donald1,475
#10Charles1,211
#11Margaret1,208
#12George1,206
#13Ruth1,016
#14Richard1,012
#15Jack863
#16Harold748
#17Alice718
#18Edward683
#19Thomas671
#20Raymond661
#20Virginia661
#22Frank660
#23Doris656
#24Kenneth648
#25Marjorie645

Other decades in Montana

All Montana names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org