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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 1995
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#199 · 1 in 967
- New Mexico#209 · 1 in 855
- Kansas#232 · 1 in 1,163
- Oklahoma#278 · 1 in 1,425
- Kentucky#309 · 1 in 1,963
Best ever in a state: #87 in Montana, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #199 | 8 | 1 in 967 |
| New Mexico | #209 | 10 | 1 in 855 |
| Kansas | #232 | 11 | 1 in 1,163 |
| Oklahoma | #278 | 11 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Kentucky | #309 | 10 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Oregon | #325 | 10 | 1 in 1,625 |
| Alabama | #340 | 10 | 1 in 2,075 |
| Tennessee | #347 | 13 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Mississippi | #393 | 6 | 1 in 2,015 |
| Missouri | #421 | 11 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Georgia | #446 | 14 | 1 in 2,923 |
| Virginia | #478 | 10 | 1 in 3,409 |
| Michigan | #525 | 14 | 1 in 3,759 |
| Florida | #534 | 20 | 1 in 3,644 |
| Pennsylvania | #553 | 15 | 1 in 4,157 |
| North Carolina | #581 | 9 | 1 in 4,252 |
| Indiana | #592 | 7 | 1 in 4,678 |
| Ohio | #609 | 13 | 1 in 4,883 |
| Minnesota | #620 | 5 | 1 in 4,995 |
| Louisiana | #681 | 5 | 1 in 4,394 |
| Washington | #710 | 6 | 1 in 4,768 |
| Texas | #799 | 23 | 1 in 5,933 |
| Arizona | #824 | 5 | 1 in 5,457 |
| New York | #985 | 13 | 1 in 8,271 |
| California | #1,074 | 25 | 1 in 9,383 |
| Illinois | #1,267 | 6 | 1 in 12,094 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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
- 23 spots since 2024 (#1,056 → #1,033)
- 695 spots since 2020 (#1,728 → #1,033)
- 634 spots since 2015 (#1,667 → #1,033)
- Biggest jump: 207 spots in 1994 (#857 → #650)
- Biggest drop: 363 spots in 2008 (#932 → #1,295)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1998 at #510 (496 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1993–2004
- 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%)
- 35.0% of all girls named Montana (3,083) were born in this decade
- 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.
Montana in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 5,157 of them was named Montana, which outranked 95.9% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 9,813 of them was named Montana, which outranked 92.6% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).