Montgomery
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · #960 for boys in 2025, 241 births
Given to boys 91.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,701since 1880
Montgomery over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 | #960 | 241 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #1,087 | 200 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 | #1,040 | 210 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #1,057 | 208 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #1,034 | 209 |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | #1,086 | 182 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | #1,085 | 184 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #1,188 | 160 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #1,413 | 123 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #1,467 | 117 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | #1,555 | 104 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #1,551 | 103 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #1,754 | 83 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #1,637 | 94 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 | #1,968 | 70 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #1,975 | 70 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #2,035 | 68 |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | #1,838 | 79 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #1,890 | 75 |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,674 | 80 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #1,467 | 93 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | #1,630 | 77 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #1,557 | 79 |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | #1,912 | 57 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,541 | 78 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #1,763 | 57 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #1,580 | 64 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #1,872 | 48 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,666 | 54 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | — | #1,907 | 43 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,128 | 36 |
| 1991 | — | #2,052 | 36 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,049 | 36 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,793 | 42 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,829 | 35 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,796 | 31 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,850 | 30 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,157 | 23 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,669 | 16 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,618 | 30 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,285 | 42 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,352 | 39 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,117 | 54 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,302 | 37 | |
| 1968 | — | #946 | 59 | |
| 1967 | — | #986 | 54 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,027 | 50 | |
| 1965 | — | #976 | 57 | |
| 1964 | — | #891 | 73 | |
| 1963 | — | #971 | 60 | |
| 1962 | — | #930 | 66 | |
| 1961 | — | #967 | 63 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,156 | 45 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,185 | 43 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,022 | 54 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,045 | 51 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,055 | 47 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,064 | 44 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,227 | 34 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,758 | 18 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,214 | 11 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,827 | 19 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,131 | 15 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
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.
See more about Montgomery
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1960–1965
- 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
- 21.9% of all boys named Montgomery (1,250) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #720 (1883) | #859 |
| 1890s | 25 | #804 (1898) | #901 |
| 1900s | 26 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,121 |
| 1910s | 123 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,848 |
| 1920s | 127 | #1,827 (1922) | #2,418 |
| 1930s | 81 | #1,848 (1932) | #2,775 |
| 1940s | 152 | #1,227 (1949) | #2,022 |
| 1950s | 431 | #1,022 (1955) | #1,153 |
| 1960s | 579 | #891 (1964) | #998 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,117 (1970) | #1,901 |
| 1980s | 269 | #1,793 (1989) | #2,167 |
| 1990s | 466 | #1,580 (1997) | #1,890 |
| 2000s | 750 | #1,467 (2004) | #1,761 |
| 2010s | 1,108 | #1,085 (2019) | #1,559 |
| 2020s | 1,250 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 118,184 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 62.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,408Zeta17
- #7,408Zniyah17
- #7,408Zophia17
- #7,742Montgomery16
- #7,742Adalaide16
- #7,742Adriauna16
- #7,742Advika16
- #8,109Aalia15
- #8,109Aaminah15
- #8,109Aariah15
Tied with 366 names at #7,742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 25,825 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 87.4% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,825Kris80
- #1,825Ladainian80
- #1,825Rasheed80
- #1,838Montgomery79
- #1,838Aayan79
- #1,838Aj79
- #1,838Briley79
- #1,861Arav78
- #1,861Auston78
- #1,861Flynn78
Tied with 22 names at #1,838; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.