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Baby names in Montana, 1930s

1930–1939 · 76,550 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Montana across the 1930s, with 2,614 births in the decade. The state recorded 76,550 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Montana in the 1930s

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
Montana7
Darlene449
Dick186
Sharon447
Jim299
Myrna154
Duane234
Gary548

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert2,614
#2James1,982
#3John1,921
#4Mary1,874
#5Donald1,689
#6William1,627
#7Richard1,470
#8Shirley1,349
#9Betty1,338
#10Patricia1,057
#11Charles1,025
#12Barbara993
#13Donna957
#14Dorothy876
#15George839
#16Kenneth731
#17Helen717
#18David704
#19Carol687
#20Thomas682
#21Jack678
#22Ronald664
#23Margaret645
#24Beverly638
#25Joan621

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