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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
Top boys' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 80,363 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 65.8% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #5,722Zanylah21
- #5,722Zoei21
- #5,722Zoila21
- #5,917Montgomery20
- #5,917Adrianne20
- #5,917Ahmani20
- #5,917Aidel20
- #6,116Aalia19
- #6,116Aasha19
- #6,116Abrar19
Tied with 198 names at #5,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 7,087 of them was named Montgomery, which outranked 93.1% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).
- #955Legacy244
- #958Damari243
- #958Melvin243
- #960Montgomery241
- #960Aldo241
- #960Darwin241
- #960Shimon241
- #965Arian238
- #965Colten238
- #965Mordechai238
Tied with 4 names at #960; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.