Montana

Where Montana comes from

From Latin montāna * the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”) * the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname
— Wiktionary's entry for Montana
  • place
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Montana through the years
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1993
    Montana Cox born
    fashion model
  4. 1998
    Peak, #510
    496 babies named Montana, the most in any year.
  5. 2003
    Montana Jordan born
    American actor
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #993.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
Namesakes
  • Montana Jordan · American actor, born 2003
  • Montana Cox · fashion model, born 1993
  • Montana de la Rosa · American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1995
  • Montana Taylor · American musician, 1903–1954
  • Montana Fishburne · American pornographic actress, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.