Unisex name · since 1880
Montgomery
5,701 babies named Montgomery in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #961 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,701
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Montgomery currently ranks #961 among unisex names in America, with 5,701 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Montgomery recorded 5,701 times among boys since 1880, holding rank #961 nationally today, ahead of 93% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,643 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #961 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,701 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montgomery ranks #1,643 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #961 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,701 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #961 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,701
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Montgomery's 5,701 recorded births place it above 96.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Montgomery compares
5,701 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Montgomery's all-time total is 15x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Montgomery | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,701 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 241 | 34 | 22,252 |
Montgomery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montgomery's full recorded timeline at 1962, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 241 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montgomery popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 241
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Montgomery popularity over time - girls
547 total births recorded since 1992 (Montgomery as girls' name)
Montgomery by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,250 births, 22% of the file).
2020s was Montgomery's strongest decade.
1,250 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Montgomery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 28
1880s
28 births
- 1890s 25
1890s
25 births
- 1900s 26
1900s
26 births
- 1910s 123
1910s
123 births
- 1920s 127
1920s
127 births
- 1930s 81
1930s
81 births
- 1940s 152
1940s
152 births
- 1950s 431
1950s
431 births
- 1960s
1960s
579 births
- 1970s 286
1970s
286 births
- 1980s 269
1980s
269 births
- 1990s 466
1990s
466 births
- 2000s
2000s
750 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,108 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,250 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,250 births (22% of all-time use).
How Montgomery compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Montgomery's total volume
Montgomery by state
Where Montgomery concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 492 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 278 | 4.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 168 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 154 | 2.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 108 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 79 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 77 | 1.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 76 | 1.3% |
492 of 5,701 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Montgomery appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Montgomery's data
- California records the most Montgomerys (492 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Montgomery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Montgomery 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.