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Montgomery

#962 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Man + ruler

Montgomery has been given to 6,248 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #962 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 241 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Montgomery, 2025

1 in 13,800

Montgomery over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Montgomery over time

In 2025, Montgomery went to 8% girls and 92% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Montgomery: meaning, origin, and history

Man + ruler

surname transfer

What Montgomery means

Montgomery means “man + ruler”, associated with gumô and rīks.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Montgomery (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Montgomery is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Montgomery is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Montgomery is pronounced /məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,701 boys were recorded with the name Montgomery between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 241 in 2025; its best national rank was #778 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,094 in 2020 to #962 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,564 in 2015 to #962 in 2025.

In the United States, 547 girls were recorded with the name Montgomery between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 2020; its best national rank was #3,585 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,585 in 2020 to #6,049 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,964 in 2015 to #6,049 in 2025.

How common is Montgomery?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,800
241 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,090
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#962
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,536 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Montgomery sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,536 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Montgomery. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Montgomerys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Montgomery was born before 2003 — so the typical Montgomery is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
21.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
53.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,139
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 21.9% of all recorded uses (1,250).

Is Montgomery rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+126
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+132
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+602
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.32×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (241)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#778
1883

Where Montgomery is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Montgomery was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 10,583 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

122 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 4,545
  2. 2Missouri1 in 4,762
  3. 3Ohio1 in 6,250
  4. 4Indiana1 in 6,667
  5. 5Minnesota1 in 6,667
  6. 6Oregon1 in 6,667
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 6,667
  8. 8Colorado1 in 7,143

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Montgomery is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Montgomery was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 651,456 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Montgomery has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Montgomery around the world

Where Montgomery ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #578
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2025
    #647
    in 2025
  • France
    1989–2017
    #5,760
    in 2017
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,037
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1947–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Montgomery

People whose public names include Montgomery, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Montgomery in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Montgomery. Linked forms have their own page here.

MontyMontie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Montgomery by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#962
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 132
Best rank ever
#778
1883
Peak year
2025
241 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,701
Count in 2025
241

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,049
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,464
Best rank ever
#3,585
2020
Peak year
2020
42 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
547
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Montgomery

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Montgomery

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Montgomery, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Montgomery

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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