Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Montana, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Sharon	220
2	Mary	185
3	Patricia	137
4	Carol	134
5	Barbara	115
6	Donna	100
7	Shirley	84
8	Judy	82
9	Betty	81
10	Judith	74
11	Beverly	72
11	Sandra	72
13	Margaret	69
14	Karen	65
15	Linda	61
16	Dorothy	60
16	Joan	60
18	Nancy	58
19	Darlene	53
20	Helen	52
21	Bonnie	51
22	Joyce	45
22	Marilyn	45
22	Ruth	45
25	Marlene	42
26	Alice	39
27	Janice	34
27	Kay	34
27	Lois	34
30	Gloria	33
31	Frances	32
31	Janet	32
31	Jean	32
31	Phyllis	32
35	Geraldine	31
35	Roberta	31
37	Connie	29
37	Delores	29
37	Rose	29
40	Doris	28
40	Myrna	28
42	Joann	27
42	Loretta	27
44	Diane	26
44	Irene	26
44	Joanne	26
47	Carolyn	25
47	Marjorie	25
49	Ann	24
49	Virginia	24

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	279
2	James	234
3	John	230
4	Richard	214
5	William	166
6	Gary	162
7	David	151
8	Larry	135
9	Donald	117
10	Charles	102
11	Ronald	97
11	Thomas	97
13	Kenneth	90
14	Jerry	85
15	George	74
16	Michael	63
17	Edward	58
17	Gerald	58
19	Jack	57
20	Raymond	54
21	Joseph	53
22	Dennis	51
22	Roger	51
24	Frank	49
25	Dale	40
25	Paul	40
27	Jim	39
27	Wayne	39
29	Eugene	38
30	Bill	36
31	Don	35
31	Norman	35
33	Daniel	34
34	Douglas	32
34	Joe	32
36	Lawrence	31
37	Walter	30
38	Arthur	27
38	Harold	27
38	Roy	27
38	Terry	27
42	Gordon	26
42	Marvin	26
44	Bruce	25
44	Ralph	25
46	Melvin	24
47	Clifford	22
47	Tom	22
49	Bob	21
49	Clarence	21