Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Montana**

#1,401 most common girls' name of all time · #2,426 across all names · 31% male / 69% female · used 1910–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,401
Rank overall
#2,426 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
12,855
Since 2016
2,584
Peak year
1998 #511
Best rank
#511 1998
Girls Boys peak 678/yr
192019401960198020002020

Montana first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 242 114 356 #1,033
2024 236 102 338 #1,057
2023 174 110 284 #1,305
2022 184 107 291 #1,289
2021 150 111 261 #1,436
2020 116 110 226 #1,731
2019 121 111 232 #1,717
2018 113 99 212 #1,802
2017 115 69 184 #1,808
2016 138 62 200 #1,598
2015 128 73 201 #1,670
2014 126 50 176 #1,674
2013 104 41 145 #1,920
2012 87 46 133 #2,164
2011 99 28 127 #1,987
2010 80 33 113 #2,364
2009 129 32 161 #1,710
2008 192 42 234 #1,296
2007 290 65 355 #933
2006 306 75 381 #869
2005 226 89 315 #1,057
2004 238 102 340 #993
2003 304 85 389 #811
2002 366 124 490 #684
2001 374 143 517 #671
2000 432 141 573 #592
1999 462 141 603 #547
1998 496 182 678 #511
1997 458 181 639 #523
1996 374 188 562 #612
1995 341 194 535 #639
1994 331 185 516 #650
1993 225 125 350 #859
1992 182 118 300 #1,026
1991 117 93 210 #1,376
1990 97 79 176 #1,570
1989 92 73 165 #1,542
1988 75 36 111 #1,706
1987 47 40 87 #2,283
1986 46 43 89 #2,233
1985 52 54 106 #2,056
1984 8 27 35 #7,487
1983 16 15 31 #4,524
1982 9 27 36 #6,967
1981 10 10 20 #6,388
1980 10 11 21 #6,393
1979 11 10 21 #5,825
1978 7 12 19 #7,753
1977 5 5 #9,840
1976 16 8 24 #3,995
1975 8 9 17 #6,581
1974 5 5
1971 6 6 #7,511
1957 5 5
1956 5 5 #6,178
1954 5 5 #5,945
1952 5 5 #5,763
1942 5 5
1939 7 7 #3,578
1938 8 8 #3,312
1937 5 5 #4,492
1936 5 5 #4,416
1934 7 7 #3,597
1933 5 5 #4,446
1932 8 8 #3,422
1931 7 7 #3,660
1930 16 16 #2,173
1928 7 7 #3,942
1926 8 8 #3,700
1925 6 6 #4,614
1924 11 11 #3,066
1923 7 7 #4,143
1922 8 8 #3,833
1921 10 10 #3,297
1920 12 12 #2,842
1919 17 17 #2,137
1918 13 13 #2,635
1917 12 12 #2,653
1916 7 7 #3,742
1915 17 17 #1,959
1914 6 6 #3,431
1913 10 10 #2,152
1912 5 5 #3,264
1910 5 5 #2,756