Boys' name · since 1915
Montague
382 babies named Montague in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montague is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 382 have been recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Montague recorded 382 times among boys since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2024.
- #9,266 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 382 born since 1915
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montague ranks #9,266 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 382 born since 1915, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,266 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 382
- born since 1915
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montague's 382 recorded births place it above 79.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montague's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montague's full recorded timeline at 1968, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1932, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montague popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2024
- Peak year (1915)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Montague by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (74 births, 19% of the file).
1970s was Montague's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Montague births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
43 births
- 1920s
1920s
52 births
- 1930s
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
74 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 74 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Montague's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Montague: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Montague draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.