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 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#639 · 1 in 2,837
- Ohio#690 · 1 in 3,472
- Missouri#744 · 1 in 3,533
- Alabama#832 · 1 in 3,815
- Maryland#914 · 1 in 4,424
Best ever in a state: #87 in Montana, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #639 | 6 | 1 in 2,837 |
| Ohio | #690 | 14 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Missouri | #744 | 7 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Alabama | #832 | 5 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Maryland | #914 | 5 | 1 in 4,424 |
| Tennessee | #990 | 6 | 1 in 5,204 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,118 | 7 | 1 in 6,969 |
| Georgia | #1,175 | 7 | 1 in 6,469 |
| Michigan | #1,241 | 5 | 1 in 7,667 |
| Florida | #1,463 | 8 | 1 in 10,450 |
| Illinois | #1,507 | 5 | 1 in 9,680 |
| California | #1,807 | 12 | 1 in 14,544 |
| New York | #1,876 | 6 | 1 in 13,542 |
| Texas | #1,893 | 11 | 1 in 14,134 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| 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
- 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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 10,939 of them was named Montana, which outranked 91.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,426Novaleigh151
- #1,426Petra151
- #1,426Symphony151
- #1,432Montana150
- #1,432Anayah150
- #1,432Katarina150
- #1,432Odette150
- #1,441Alissa149
- #1,441Annelise149
- #1,441Elara149
Tied with 8 names at #1,432; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 15,761 of them was named Montana, which outranked 88.9% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,554Linden112
- #1,554Steele112
- #1,554Valor112
- #1,565Montana111
- #1,565Avrohom111
- #1,565Axell111
- #1,565Dev111
- #1,577Camron110
- #1,577Eiden110
- #1,577Gionni110
Tied with 11 names at #1,565; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.