Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
49	Duane	21
49	Patrick	21
49	Stanley	21
54	Darrell	20
54	Harry	20
54	Leonard	20
57	Albert	19
57	Allen	19
57	Floyd	19
57	Henry	19
61	Leroy	18
61	Ted	18
61	Theodore	18
64	Alfred	17
64	Earl	17
64	Everett	17
64	Fred	17
64	Howard	17
64	Ray	17
70	Carl	16
70	Harvey	16
70	Lee	16
70	Lloyd	16
70	Russell	16
70	Wallace	16
76	Alan	15
76	Bernard	15
76	Dick	15
76	Leo	15
76	Warren	15
81	Allan	14
81	Edwin	14
81	Francis	14
81	Gene	14
81	Mike	14
86	Ernest	13
86	Jay	13
86	Leon	13
86	Martin	13
86	Rodney	13
86	Steve	13
92	Johnny	12
92	Lester	12
92	Ronnie	12
92	Victor	12
96	Alvin	11
96	Arnold	11
96	Dan	11
96	Dean	11
96	Delbert	11
96	Glen	11
96	Keith	11
96	Leland	11
96	Stephen	11