How Many People Are Named Montgomery?
people named Montgomery are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,932 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,248 babies named Montgomery in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
261 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "GUMARICH's mountain" in Norman French. A notable bearer of this surname was Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976), a British army commander during World War II.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Montgomery, 10% were girls and 90% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Montgomery rose from 0% in the 1910s to 12.8% in the 2020s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Montgomery alive today is about 24 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 35 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Montgomery first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 261 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Montgomery has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #778, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #962.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #962 |
| Best rank | #778 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,044 in the 2020s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Montgomery alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Montgomery were born in California than in any other state: about 456 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Montgomery was given 1.9 times as often in Ohio, 1.8 times in California and 1.6 times in Missouri.
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