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 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 51,254 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 75.3% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,295Zahraa33
- #4,295Zenobia33
- #4,295Zoriah33
- #4,378Montgomery32
- #4,378Aadhira32
- #4,378Aislin32
- #4,378Aleeah32
- #4,472Adriel31
- #4,472Aiya31
- #4,472Aleesia31
Tied with 93 names at #4,378; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 8,394 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 92.6% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,052Davion209
- #1,052Kace209
- #1,052Lyle209
- #1,057Montgomery208
- #1,057Howard208
- #1,057Kendall208
- #1,057Lyric208
- #1,064Dominik207
- #1,064Reginald207
- #1,066Gerald206
Tied with 6 names at #1,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.