NameTides

Montgomery

Montgomery was the #960 boys' name in the US in 2025 (241 babies), and #578 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Montgomery as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Montgomery as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandUSCanada
Montgomery as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#960 (241)#578 (67)#647 (4)#1,251 (19)
2024#1,087 (200)#567 (67)—#1,026 (24)
2023#1,040 (210)#514 (76)#614 (4)#1,115 (20)
2022#1,057 (208)#528 (74)#590 (4)#989 (23)
2021#1,034 (209)#526 (74)—#1,191 (18)
2020#1,086 (182)#410 (99)—#1,038 (21)
2019#1,085 (184)#426 (97)—#1,101 (19)
2018#1,188 (160)#440 (94)#595 (4)#1,334 (14)
2017#1,413 (123)#381 (119)#490 (6)#937 (24)
2016#1,467 (117)#426 (99)—#1,283 (15)
2015#1,555 (104)#373 (117)—#1,204 (16)
2014#1,551 (103)#419 (97)#533 (5)#1,250 (15)
2013#1,754 (83)#388 (105)#466 (6)#1,470 (12)
2012#1,637 (94)#362 (119)—#1,143 (17)
2011#1,968 (70)#464 (81)#648 (3)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #960.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Montgomery were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Montgomery is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Montgomery by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #545INOhio: #710OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,012TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Montgomery (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,03310

Montgomery (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MontgomeryCanadaBoys#1,25119
MontgomeryEngland & WalesBoys#57867
MontgomeryNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MontgomeryScotlandBoys#6474
MontgomeryUSGirls#5,91720
MontgomeryUSBoys#960241