Unisex name · since 1910
Montana
8,815 babies named Montana in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,815
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Montana is the #1033 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 8,815 recorded since 1910.
Montana has 8,815 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1033 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #1,818 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,033 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,815 born since 1910
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montana ranks #1,818 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,033 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,815 born since 1910, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,815
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Montana's 8,815 recorded births place it above 97.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Montana compares
8,815 Top 10% higher than 90% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Montana's all-time total is 23x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Montana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,815 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 496 | 21 | 19,840 |
Montana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montana's full recorded timeline at 1985, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 496 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montana popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 496
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Montana popularity over time - boys
4,040 total births recorded since 1942 (Montana as boys' name)
Montana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,083 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Montana's strongest decade.
3,083 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Montana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 92
1910s
92 births
- 1920s 69
1920s
69 births
- 1930s 68
1930s
68 births
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1970s 53
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 365
1980s
365 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,083 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,857 births
- 2010s 1,111
2010s
1,111 births
- 2020s 1,102
2020s
1,102 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,083 births (35% of all-time use).
How Montana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Montana's total volume
Montana by state
Where Montana concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 580 | 6.6% |
| #2 | California | | 556 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 391 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 381 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 369 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 316 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 288 | 3.3% |
| #8 | New York | | 274 | 3.1% |
580 of 8,815 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Montana appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Montana's data
- Montana's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (3,083 total births) through the 2020s (1,102) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Montanas (580 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Montana
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Montana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~115 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, 1910–2025 (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 Montana 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.