Montana
- #1,033 for girls in 2025, 242 births
- #1,520 for boys in 2025, 114 births
- Given to girls 68.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 496 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,815since 1910
Montana over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,033 | 242 | #1,520 | 114 |
| 2024 | #1,056 | 236 | #1,650 | 102 |
| 2023 | #1,304 | 174 | #1,576 | 110 |
| 2022 | #1,288 | 184 | #1,626 | 107 |
| 2021 | #1,432 | 150 | #1,565 | 111 |
| 2020 | #1,728 | 116 | #1,518 | 110 |
| 2019 | #1,716 | 121 | #1,523 | 111 |
| 2018 | #1,799 | 113 | #1,638 | 99 |
| 2017 | #1,804 | 115 | #2,032 | 69 |
| 2016 | #1,598 | 138 | #2,184 | 62 |
| 2015 | #1,667 | 128 | #1,983 | 73 |
| 2014 | #1,674 | 126 | #2,492 | 50 |
| 2013 | #1,918 | 104 | #2,804 | 41 |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2011 | #1,982 | 99 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | #3,308 | 33 |
| 2009 | #1,710 | 129 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #1,295 | 192 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #932 | 290 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #869 | 306 | #1,823 | 75 |
| 2005 | #1,054 | 226 | #1,569 | 89 |
| 2004 | #993 | 238 | #1,394 | 102 |
| 2003 | #810 | 304 | #1,513 | 85 |
| 2002 | #684 | 366 | #1,147 | 124 |
| 2001 | #670 | 374 | #1,027 | 143 |
| 2000 | #592 | 432 | #1,035 | 141 |
| 1999 | #544 | 462 | #996 | 141 |
| 1998 | #510 | 496 | #821 | 182 |
| 1997 | #523 | 458 | #810 | 181 |
| 1996 | #611 | 374 | #775 | 188 |
| 1995 | #638 | 341 | #769 | 194 |
| 1994 | #650 | 331 | #779 | 185 |
| 1993 | #857 | 225 | #962 | 125 |
| 1992 | #1,025 | 182 | #997 | 118 |
| 1991 | #1,375 | 117 | #1,139 | 93 |
| 1990 | #1,568 | 97 | #1,238 | 79 |
| 1989 | #1,540 | 92 | #1,268 | 73 |
| 1988 | #1,704 | 75 | #1,849 | 36 |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | #1,684 | 40 |
| 1986 | #2,228 | 46 | #1,535 | 43 |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Montana! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Montana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #374 | 11 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Arkansas | #425 | 7 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Missouri | #480 | 12 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| Nevada | #508 | 5 | 1 in 1,840 |
| Ohio | #562 | 18 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Pennsylvania | #576 | 18 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Tennessee | #645 | 11 | 1 in 2,916 |
| North Carolina | #729 | 13 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Indiana | #815 | 7 | 1 in 3,987 |
| Alabama | #819 | 5 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Minnesota | #835 | 5 | 1 in 4,296 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Florida | #1,325 | 10 | 1 in 8,676 |
| Texas | #1,352 | 18 | 1 in 8,919 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Maine | — | — | — |
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| New Jersey | — | — | — |
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| New York | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Montana
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 695 spots since 2020 (#1,728 → #1,033)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1994
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 2008
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1998 at #510 (496 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1993–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,562
- Highest: 1 in 3,562 girls born in 1998 were named Montana (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,642 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.0% of all girls named Montana (3,083) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1986
- Mostly boys until 1985, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 92 | #1,883 (1915) | #2,574 |
| 1920s | 69 | #2,731 (1920) | #3,528 |
| 1930s | 68 | #2,110 (1930) | #3,510 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 15 | #5,563 (1952) | #5,756 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 53 | #3,963 (1976) | #6,815 |
| 1980s | 365 | #1,540 (1989) | #4,120 |
| 1990s | 3,083 | #510 (1998) | #830 |
| 2000s | 2,857 | #592 (2000) | #961 |
| 2010s | 1,111 | #1,598 (2016) | #1,868 |
| 2020s | 1,102 | #1,033 (2025) | #1,307 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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