Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Montana, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	236
2	Linda	232
3	Debra	211
4	Susan	186
5	Patricia	162
6	Karen	159
7	Deborah	146
8	Barbara	131
9	Nancy	120
10	Carol	115
11	Kathleen	113
12	Sandra	104
13	Pamela	95
14	Donna	91
15	Sharon	86
16	Margaret	80
17	Diane	78
18	Janet	77
19	Cheryl	67
20	Cynthia	64
21	Connie	61
22	Peggy	56
22	Rebecca	56
24	Bonnie	55
24	Judy	55
26	Christine	54
27	Janice	52
28	Marilyn	50
29	Kathy	49
30	Kathryn	45
30	Shirley	45
32	Catherine	44
33	Diana	42
34	Betty	41
35	Beverly	39
35	Colleen	39
35	Gail	39
35	Judith	39
39	Cindy	38
39	Elizabeth	38
39	Rita	38
39	Sheila	38
39	Vickie	38
44	Katherine	37
44	Laura	37
46	Vicki	36
47	Darlene	34
47	Joyce	34
49	Jane	32
49	Jean	32

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	339
2	Robert	335
3	Michael	325
4	David	319
5	John	310
6	William	276
7	Richard	243
8	Thomas	217
9	Steven	169
10	Daniel	137
11	Gary	129
12	Kenneth	125
13	Mark	119
14	Douglas	117
15	Donald	109
16	Dennis	108
16	Ronald	108
18	Larry	106
18	Timothy	106
20	Charles	100
21	Gregory	86
22	Stephen	77
23	Patrick	74
23	Paul	74
23	Randy	74
26	Joseph	73
27	Terry	71
28	George	70
29	Bruce	66
30	Jeffrey	62
31	Edward	59
32	Roger	56
33	Scott	55
34	Raymond	54
35	Rodney	53
36	Jerry	50
37	Dale	49
38	Alan	41
39	Frank	39
39	Gerald	39
39	Wayne	39
42	Craig	37
42	Keith	37
44	Jack	35
44	Lawrence	35
44	Russell	35
47	Rick	34
48	Eugene	33
49	Kevin	27
49	Ralph	27