Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Montana, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	209
2	Sharon	197
3	Carol	153
4	Patricia	135
5	Barbara	130
6	Judy	114
7	Karen	109
8	Sandra	107
9	Donna	100
10	Linda	99
11	Judith	84
12	Shirley	80
13	Betty	79
14	Margaret	65
15	Nancy	64
16	Bonnie	61
17	Marilyn	60
18	Kathleen	46
19	Beverly	45
20	Janet	44
20	Joan	44
20	Joyce	44
23	Dorothy	41
24	Carole	40
24	Helen	40
26	Diane	37
26	Janice	37
26	Roberta	37
29	Carolyn	36
30	Virginia	35
31	Gloria	34
31	Lois	34
33	Darlene	33
33	Jean	33
33	Phyllis	33
36	Alice	32
37	Connie	31
38	Myrna	30
38	Ruth	30
40	Diana	29
40	Frances	29
42	Jane	26
42	Rose	26
44	Kay	25
44	Peggy	25
44	Susan	25
47	Elizabeth	24
47	Marlene	24
49	Arlene	23
50	Laura	22

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	309
2	James	270
3	John	247
4	William	218
5	Gary	152
6	Richard	143
7	Ronald	136
8	Larry	120
9	David	117
10	Charles	108
11	Donald	107
12	Kenneth	101
13	Dennis	86
14	Michael	83
15	Douglas	81
16	George	80
16	Jerry	80
16	Thomas	80
19	Edward	56
20	Roger	53
21	Gerald	49
21	Jim	49
21	Joseph	49
24	Daniel	48
24	Raymond	48
26	Jack	47
27	Frank	45
28	Wayne	40
29	Terry	39
30	Patrick	38
31	Dale	37
32	Bill	36
33	Arthur	35
34	Russell	33
35	Joe	32
36	Paul	31
37	Gene	29
37	Lawrence	29
39	Eugene	28
39	Harold	28
41	Fred	27
42	Leonard	26
43	Howard	25
43	Leroy	25
43	Melvin	25
43	Peter	25
43	Tom	25
48	Carl	24
49	Harry	23
49	Henry	23