Montana
Montana was the 1033rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 242 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 511th with 496 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 641 places. More babies were named Montana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,033 girls, up 705 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 242girls
- Girls and boys
- 64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1998496 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,855babies recorded
Montana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,033 | #1,525 | 242 | 114 |
| 2020 | #1,738 | #1,522 | 116 | 110 |
| 2010 | #2,378 | #3,355 | 80 | 33 |
| 2000 | #592 | #1,035 | 432 | 141 |
| 1990 | #1,574 | #1,248 | 97 | 79 |
| 1980 | #6,609 | #3,764 | 10 | 11 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | #2,178 | — | 16 | — |
| 1920 | #2,842 | — | 12 | — |
| 1910 | #2,674 | — | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Montana, counting every spelling?
Montana has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #993 for girls in 2025, against #1,033 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Montana?
242 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Montana (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Montana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 35 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Montana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Montana?
About 8,500 people born in the US named Montana are alive today, with a median age of 25; half are between 16 and 29. That makes Montana mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Montana by state
How common Montana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (4.0×), Kentucky (2.5×), Missouri (2.3×), Alabama (2.2×), Ohio (2.0×). In 21 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Montana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Montana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Montana
How popular is the name Montana?
Montana was the 1033rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 242 babies. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked 511th with 496 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 641 places. More babies were named Montana in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Montana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Montana in the US.
Where is Montana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Montana was most common in West Virginia (0.50 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Arkansas.