Montgomery

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #960 for boys in 2025, 241 births
Given to boys 91.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1883 · 7 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,701
since 1880

Montgomery over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887peak #3,546, 2020peak #720, 1883girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,91720#960241
2024#5,96220#1,087200
2023#4,11435#1,040210
2022#4,37832#1,057208
2021#4,16734#1,034209
2020#3,54642#1,086182
2019#5,16325#1,085184
2018#4,45831#1,188160
2017#8,29913#1,413123
2016#7,98814#1,467117
2015#5,83322#1,555104
2014#6,71318#1,551103
2013#6,46219#1,75483
2012#13,4837#1,63794
2011#9,72311#1,96870
2010#8,27114#1,97570
2009#10,67910#2,03568
2008#7,74216#1,83879
2007#11,6309#1,89075
2006#6,35620#2,06264
2005#13,0107#1,67480
2004#10,6909#1,46793
2003#7,20715#1,63077
2002#6,39217#1,55779
2001#5,36421#1,91257
2000#7,58013#1,54178
1999#12,6886#1,76357
1998#11,1387#1,95749
1997#9,0179#1,58064
1996#6,72313#1,87248
1995#11,7836#1,66654
1994#10,5697#1,92743
1993—#1,90743
1992#13,3175#2,12836
1991—#2,05236
1990—#2,04936
1989—#1,79342
1988—#2,09030
1987—#1,82935
1986—#2,68419
1985—#2,35722
1984—#1,79631
1983—#2,49319
1982—#1,85030
1981—#2,33821
1980—#2,44420
1979—#2,15723
1978—#2,66916
1977—#2,20221
1976—#2,50817
1975—#2,36118
1974—#1,61830
1973—#1,73626
1972—#1,28542
1971—#1,35239
1970—#1,11754
1969—#1,30237
1968—#94659
1967—#98654
1966—#1,02750
1965—#97657
1964—#89173
1963—#97160
1962—#93066
1961—#96763
1960—#98160
1959—#1,15645
1958—#1,17243
1957—#1,18543
1956—#1,25737
1955—#1,02254
1954—#1,04551
1953—#1,37830
1952—#1,05547
1951—#1,19537
1950—#1,06444
1949—#1,22734
1948—#1,75818
1947—#1,85017
1946—#2,6908
1945—#1,85214
1944—#2,08012
1943—#1,91015
1942—#1,79916
1941—#2,8727
1940—#2,17911
1939—#3,4805
1938—#3,5345
1937—#3,5185
1936——
1935—#2,7198
1934—#3,2776
1933—#2,21411
1932—#1,84816
1931—#2,20712
1930—#2,17813
1929—#2,09614
1928—#2,16214
1927—#2,70310
1926—#2,30213
1925—#2,75510
1924—#2,22914
1923—#3,1758
1922—#1,82719
1921—#2,80410
1920—#2,13115
1919—#2,26513
1918—#1,49924
1917—#2,09114
1916—#1,69818
1915—#1,87815
1914—#2,4578
1913—#1,9459
1912—#2,0457
1911—#1,2908
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,2776
1908——
1907—#1,0947
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0027
1904——
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1901——
1900——
1899—#9286
1898—#8048
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893—#9076
1892——
1891—#9635
1890——
1889—#8786
1888——
1887—#9215
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1883—#7207
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1881—#8665
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Montgomery was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Montgomery is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Montgomery
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 127 spots since 2024 (#1,087 → #960)
  • 126 spots since 2020 (#1,086 → #960)
  • 595 spots since 2015 (#1,555 → #960)
  • Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1960 (#1,156 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 356 spots in 1969 (#946 → #1,302)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1960–1965
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,087
  • Highest: 1 in 7,087 boys born in 2025 were named Montgomery (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #720 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,946 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 21.9% of all boys named Montgomery (1,250) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#720 (1883)#859
1890s25#804 (1898)#901
1900s26#1,002 (1905)#1,121
1910s123#1,290 (1911)#1,848
1920s127#1,827 (1922)#2,418
1930s81#1,848 (1932)#2,775
1940s152#1,227 (1949)#2,022
1950s431#1,022 (1955)#1,153
1960s579#891 (1964)#998
1970s286#1,117 (1970)#1,901
1980s269#1,793 (1989)#2,167
1990s466#1,580 (1997)#1,890
2000s750#1,467 (2004)#1,761
2010s1,108#1,085 (2019)#1,559
2020s1,250#960 (2025)#1,044

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Montgomery in 1887

boys
#921
5 births · 1 in 20,282 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #921Montgomery5
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 20,282 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Montgomery
  1. #819Woodie6
  2. #819Wright6
  3. #819Yancy6
  4. #921Montgomery5
  5. #921Ab5
  6. #921Abbie5
  7. #921Ada5

Tied with 146 names at #921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1887 →