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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#9286
1898#8048
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889#8786
1888
1887#9215
1886
1885
1884
1883#7207
1882
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.

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 2015

girls
#5,833
22 births · 1 in 81,141 girls
boys
#1,555
104 births · 1 in 18,430 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #5,833Montgomery22

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,555Montgomery104
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 81,141 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 69.5% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Montgomery
  1. #5,653Zurie23
  2. #5,653Zyaire23
  3. #5,653Zyasia23
  4. #5,833Montgomery22
  5. #5,833Aaralynn22
  6. #5,833Abrie22
  7. #5,833Adaliz22
  8. #6,036Ahmiyah21
  9. #6,036Aissata21
  10. #6,036Aizlynn21

Tied with 202 names at #5,833; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,984Alaia#2,648#664
  2. 1,835Meilani#2,781#946
  3. 1,733Aitana#2,648#915
  4. 1,387Aislinn#2,351#964
  5. 1,072Taya#2,049#977
Fallers
  1. 1,075Isis#703#1,778
  2. 502Annabell#923#1,425
  3. 500Anabel#911#1,411
  4. 344Cindy#711#1,055
  5. 334Anabella#529#863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 18,430 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 88.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Montgomery
  1. #1,546Saif105
  2. #1,546Stryker105
  3. #1,546Zaine105
  4. #1,555Montgomery104
  5. #1,555Austyn104
  6. #1,555Fischer104
  7. #1,555Henley104
  8. #1,567Arnav103
  9. #1,567Braxten103
  10. #1,567Damir103

Tied with 11 names at #1,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. 1,348Riaan#2,277#929
  2. 397Huxley#1,355#958
  3. 355Wilder#1,313#958
  4. 284Jaziel#1,218#934
  5. 268Canaan#1,074#806
Fallers
  1. 676Arnav#891#1,567
  2. 262Jayse#906#1,168
  3. 239Neymar#551#790
  4. 228Rylee#877#1,105
  5. 204Johnathon#915#1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015