Most popular boys’ names in Montana, 1953

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

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

Rank	Name	Babies
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
49	Randall	27
52	Harold	26
52	Jay	26
52	Walter	26
55	Brian	25
55	Dean	25
55	Peter	25
58	Roy	24
59	Andrew	23
59	Arthur	23
59	Carl	23
59	Danny	23
59	Stanley	23
64	Allen	22
64	Curtis	22
64	Leonard	22
67	Darrell	21
67	Harry	21
67	Marvin	21
67	Mike	21
71	Bradley	20
71	Christopher	20
71	Clifford	20
71	Duane	20
71	Kim	20
76	Brad	19
76	Henry	19
76	Lee	19
76	Martin	19
76	Steve	19
81	Francis	18
81	Gordon	18
81	Micheal	18
84	Albert	17
84	Anthony	17
84	Dan	17
84	Eric	17
84	Guy	17
84	Lyle	17
90	Ernest	16
90	Fred	16
90	Kelly	16
90	Leroy	16
90	Loren	16
90	Melvin	16
90	Norman	16
90	Phillip	16
90	Robin	16
99	Joe	15
99	Jon	15