Montgomery
Montgomery was given to 241 boys in 2025, #962 among boys’ names; 6,248 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,410 Americans named Montgomery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (87% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 6 and 36.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Montgomery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Montgomery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Montgomery is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “Gomeric's hill” (for).
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).
/məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Montgomery?
#962 among boys’ names, 2025
Montgomery rose from #1,564 in 2015 to #962 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.05 to 0.14 per 1,000.
261 babies in 2025, the peak
Montgomery peaked in 2025, when 261 babies were given it (241 boys, #962 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 200 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 241 | #962 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 200 | #1,088 | 0.12 |
| 2023 | 210 | #1,042 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 208 | #1,062 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,034 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 182 | #1,094 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 184 | #1,086 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 160 | #1,191 | 0.09 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,419 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 117 | #1,477 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 104 | #1,564 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,557 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 83 | #1,759 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,650 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,980 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 70 | #1,982 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,044 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,858 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 75 | #1,908 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,074 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,682 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 93 | #1,472 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 77 | #1,638 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 79 | #1,564 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,924 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 78 | #1,545 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,768 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,977 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 64 | #1,591 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,888 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 54 | #1,671 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,954 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,919 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,152 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,076 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,062 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,815 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,853 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,749 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,406 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,821 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,543 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,385 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,500 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,211 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,753 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,248 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,571 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,417 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,646 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,764 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 39 | #1,368 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 54 | #1,127 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,313 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 59 | #954 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 54 | #989 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 50 | #1,040 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 57 | #984 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 73 | #893 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 60 | #977 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 66 | #934 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 63 | #974 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 60 | #991 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,164 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,180 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,193 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 37 | #1,276 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,030 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 51 | #1,049 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,397 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,061 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,068 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,245 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,796 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,891 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,836 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,903 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,159 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,966 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,845 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,050 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,271 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,814 | under 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,872 | under 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,867 | under 0.01 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,552 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,897 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,290 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,259 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,230 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,842 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,381 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,870 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,315 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,363 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,863 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,924 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,191 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,344 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,521 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,157 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,741 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,942 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,575 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,042 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,189 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,349 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,381 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,399 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,167 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,204 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,054 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,011 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 8 | #862 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 6 | #992 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,071 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,014 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 7 | #778 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 5 | #968 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Montgomery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,248 Americans recorded as Montgomery, 9% are girls and 91% boys. In 2025 it went to 20 girls and 241 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Montgomery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Montgomery, and how old are they?
5,410 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 87% of the 6,248 Americans ever recorded as Montgomery. The median Montgomery alive today is 17 years old; half are between 6 and 36.
The 2020 Census counted 3,926 people named Montgomery (355 women and girls, 3,571 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,174 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 36 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 576 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 490 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 550 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,320 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,430 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Montgomery born?
The states with the most babies named Montgomery are Texas, California and Florida, with 26% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 23 | #1,032 | 0.5× |
| California | 17 | #1,185 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,041 | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 12 | #743 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 12 | #667 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 12 | #570 | 0.5× |
| New York | 10 | #1,183 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 9 | #917 | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 9 | #629 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 9 | #758 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Montgomery with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Montgomery
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Montgomery since 1910.
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- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Montgomery.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Montgomery alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.