How rare is the name Montana?

9,613 people in the United States have the first name Montana, about 1 in 31,419. It ranks #2,528 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MONTANA

#2,528

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,613
About
1 in 31,419
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,613 people named Montana, 73.6% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Black and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 70.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Montana peaked in 1998, when 678 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
678
In 2025*
356 ▼47%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 12,855 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Montana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,010. The largest share of babies named Montana, 47%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#4,33992
1920s#6,52669
1930s#5,72368
1940s#12,5745
1950s#10,80220
1970s#8,44097
1980s#2,739701
1990s#1,0104,569
2000s#1,3113,755
2010s#2,4331,723
2020s#1,7151,756
Greatest Generation 1901–271.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9625.9%
Generation Z 1997–1247%
2013 and later24.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Montana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Montana has been most common in Montana (3.5×), Oklahoma (3.1×), and Missouri (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.19×).

8,434 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Montana

#2,526 Luka · 9,618#2,527 Lolita · 9,616#2,529 Katina · 9,610#2,530 Horacio · 9,603

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Montana, most common first.

#14,485 Montanna · 814#35,667 Montina · 225#39,261 Montine · 193

Also a last name

As a last name, Montana ranks #7,333 of 156,621, with 4,380 people. See Montana as a last name

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