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Montgomery: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 241 in 2025. Its best rank was #778 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #778 in 1883; #962 in 2025. About 92% of babies named Montgomery in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#962 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #778.
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Montgomery: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 241 boys in 2025. Peak: #778 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 241 (2025).
In 2025, 241 US boys were named Montgomery, making it the 962nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 126 places from #1,088 in 2024. That is 41 more than the 200 boys named Montgomery in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #778, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 241, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,564 in 2015 and #1,069 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Montgomery in 128 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 6,248 US babies have been given the name, 8.8% of them girls and 91% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 1,433 babies named Montgomery.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,834 US boys were named Montgomery; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 241. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,087 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Montgomery ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #570 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Monty (15,629 babies since 1880) and Montie (2,630 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Gum and Monty.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 12 | #570 | #870 |
| Colorado | 9 | #607 | — |
| Missouri | 9 | #629 | — |
| Michigan | 12 | #667 | — |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #677 | — |
| Ohio | 12 | #743 | #1,331 |
| Tennessee | 9 | #758 | — |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #758 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #772 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #778 | — |
| Washington | 8 | #779 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #864 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #896 | — |
| Arizona | 6 | #902 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #917 | #1,091 |
| Texas | 23 | #1,032 | #2,301 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,041 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,065 | — |
| New York | 10 | #1,183 | #1,762 |
| California | 17 | #1,185 | #1,073 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,236 | — |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,485 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,050 | 241 | #962 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,088 | 200 | #1,088 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,163 | 210 | #1,042 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,437 | 208 | #1,062 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,216 | 209 | #1,034 |
| 2020 | 42 | #3,585 | 182 | #1,094 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,265 | 184 | #1,086 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,532 | 160 | #1,191 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,638 | 123 | #1,419 |
| 2016 | 14 | #8,275 | 117 | #1,477 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,966 | 104 | #1,564 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,909 | 103 | #1,557 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,645 | 83 | #1,760 |
| 2012 | 7 | #14,551 | 94 | #1,651 |
| 2011 | 11 | #10,192 | 70 | #1,981 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,588 | 70 | #1,983 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,241 | 68 | #2,045 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,998 | 79 | #1,858 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,351 | 75 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,530 | 64 | #2,075 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,030 | 80 | #1,685 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,338 | 93 | #1,474 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,470 | 77 | #1,641 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,604 | 79 | #1,567 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,502 | 57 | #1,928 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,895 | 78 | #1,549 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,867 | 57 | #1,771 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,985 | 49 | #1,980 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,562 | 64 | #1,594 |
| 1996 | 13 | #7,012 | 48 | #1,892 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,825 | 54 | #1,676 |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,361 | 43 | #1,959 |
| 1993 | — | — | 43 | #1,924 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,757 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1991 | — | — | 36 | #2,082 |
| 1990 | — | — | 36 | #2,067 |
| 1989 | — | — | 42 | #1,820 |
| 1988 | — | — | 30 | #2,120 |
| 1987 | — | — | 35 | #1,856 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,752 |
| 1985 | — | — | 22 | #2,407 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,822 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,544 |
| 1982 | — | — | 30 | #1,877 |
| 1981 | — | — | 21 | #2,386 |
| 1980 | — | — | 20 | #2,501 |
| 1979 | — | — | 23 | #2,212 |
| 1978 | — | — | 16 | #2,754 |
| 1977 | — | — | 21 | #2,248 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,572 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,418 |
| 1974 | — | — | 30 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,764 |
| 1972 | — | — | 42 | #1,303 |
| 1971 | — | — | 39 | #1,368 |
| 1970 | — | — | 54 | #1,127 |
| 1969 | — | — | 37 | #1,313 |
| 1968 | — | — | 59 | #954 |
| 1967 | — | — | 54 | #989 |
| 1966 | — | — | 50 | #1,040 |
| 1965 | — | — | 57 | #984 |
| 1964 | — | — | 73 | #893 |
| 1963 | — | — | 60 | #978 |
| 1962 | — | — | 66 | #935 |
| 1961 | — | — | 63 | #975 |
| 1960 | — | — | 60 | #992 |
| 1959 | — | — | 45 | #1,165 |
| 1958 | — | — | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,194 |
| 1956 | — | — | 37 | #1,277 |
| 1955 | — | — | 54 | #1,031 |
| 1954 | — | — | 51 | #1,050 |
| 1953 | — | — | 30 | #1,398 |
| 1952 | — | — | 47 | #1,062 |
| 1951 | — | — | 37 | #1,213 |
| 1950 | — | — | 44 | #1,069 |
| 1949 | — | — | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1948 | — | — | 18 | #1,797 |
| 1947 | — | — | 17 | #1,892 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,837 |
| 1945 | — | — | 14 | #1,904 |
| 1944 | — | — | 12 | #2,160 |
| 1943 | — | — | 15 | #1,967 |
| 1942 | — | — | 16 | #1,845 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,051 |
| 1940 | — | — | 11 | #2,271 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,815 |
| 1938 | — | — | 5 | #3,873 |
| 1937 | — | — | 5 | #3,869 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,870 |
| 1934 | — | — | 6 | #3,554 |
| 1933 | — | — | 11 | #2,318 |
| 1932 | — | — | 16 | #1,897 |
| 1931 | — | — | 12 | #2,291 |
| 1930 | — | — | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1929 | — | — | 14 | #2,163 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1927 | — | — | 10 | #2,843 |
| 1926 | — | — | 13 | #2,381 |
| 1925 | — | — | 10 | #2,872 |
| 1924 | — | — | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,365 |
| 1922 | — | — | 19 | #1,863 |
| 1921 | — | — | 10 | #2,925 |
| 1920 | — | — | 15 | #2,192 |
| 1919 | — | — | 13 | #2,345 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1917 | — | — | 14 | #2,158 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,742 |
| 1915 | — | — | 15 | #1,943 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,576 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #2,043 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,190 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,350 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,382 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,399 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,168 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,205 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,055 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #863 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #993 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,072 |
| 1889 | — | — | 6 | #948 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,014 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #778 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #969 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,015 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).