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.

Montgomery*

#1,515 most common boys' name of all time · #3,679 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,515
Rank overall
#3,679 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
6,248
Since 2016
2,100
Peak year
2025 #961
Best rank
#772 1883
Girls Boys peak 261/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Montgomery is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 20 241 261 #961
2024 20 200 220 #1,088
2023 35 210 245 #1,040
2022 32 208 240 #1,058
2021 34 209 243 #1,034
2020 42 182 224 #1,087
2019 25 184 209 #1,087
2018 31 160 191 #1,188
2017 13 123 136 #1,414
2016 14 117 131 #1,468
2015 22 104 126 #1,557
2014 18 103 121 #1,551
2013 19 83 102 #1,755
2012 7 94 101 #1,639
2011 11 70 81 #1,969
2010 14 70 84 #1,976
2009 10 68 78 #2,035
2008 16 79 95 #1,840
2007 9 75 84 #1,890
2006 20 64 84 #2,065
2005 7 80 87 #1,678
2004 9 93 102 #1,470
2003 15 77 92 #1,633
2002 17 79 96 #1,559
2001 21 57 78 #1,914
2000 13 78 91 #1,541
1999 6 57 63 #1,763
1998 7 49 56 #1,962
1997 9 64 73 #1,583
1996 13 48 61 #1,875
1995 6 54 60 #1,666
1994 7 43 50 #1,937
1993 — 43 43 #1,910
1992 5 36 41 #2,130
1991 — 36 36 #2,055
1990 — 36 36 #2,053
1989 — 42 42 #1,797
1988 — 30 30 #2,094
1987 — 35 35 #1,832
1986 — 19 19 #2,694
1985 — 22 22 #2,365
1984 — 31 31 #1,804
1983 — 19 19 #2,502
1982 — 30 30 #1,856
1981 — 21 21 #2,346
1980 — 20 20 #2,450
1979 — 23 23 #2,169
1978 — 16 16 #2,689
1977 — 21 21 #2,216
1976 — 17 17 #2,522
1975 — 18 18 #2,374
1974 — 30 30 #1,624
1973 — 26 26 #1,749
1972 — 42 42 #1,288
1971 — 39 39 #1,358
1970 — 54 54 #1,121
1969 — 37 37 #1,306
1968 — 59 59 #950
1967 — 54 54 #989
1966 — 50 50 #1,032
1965 — 57 57 #981
1964 — 73 73 #892
1963 — 60 60 #974
1962 — 66 66 #934
1961 — 63 63 #973
1960 — 60 60 #988
1959 — 45 45 #1,161
1958 — 43 43 #1,173
1957 — 43 43 #1,192
1956 — 37 37 #1,267
1955 — 54 54 #1,026
1954 — 51 51 #1,049
1953 — 30 30 #1,381
1952 — 47 47 #1,056
1951 — 37 37 #1,200
1950 — 44 44 #1,065
1949 — 34 34 #1,233
1948 — 18 18 #1,769
1947 — 17 17 #1,857
1946 — 8 8 #2,706
1945 — 14 14 #1,866
1944 — 12 12 #2,096
1943 — 15 15 #1,923
1942 — 16 16 #1,817
1941 — 7 7 #2,899
1940 — 11 11 #2,201
1939 — 5 5 #3,526
1938 — 5 5 #3,569
1937 — 5 5 #3,562
1935 — 8 8 #2,749
1934 — 6 6 #3,308
1933 — 11 11 #2,235
1932 — 16 16 #1,863
1931 — 12 12 #2,226
1930 — 13 13 #2,197
1929 — 14 14 #2,111
1928 — 14 14 #2,181
1927 — 10 10 #2,728
1926 — 13 13 #2,325
1925 — 10 10 #2,774
1924 — 14 14 #2,247
1923 — 8 8 #3,198
1922 — 19 19 #1,834
1921 — 10 10 #2,830
1920 — 15 15 #2,145
1919 — 13 13 #2,280
1918 — 24 24 #1,502
1917 — 14 14 #2,108
1916 — 18 18 #1,706
1915 — 15 15 #1,898
1914 — 8 8 #2,483
1913 — 9 9 #1,974
1912 — 7 7 #2,078
1911 — 8 8 #1,311
1910 — 7 7 #1,346
1909 — 6 6 #1,321
1907 — 7 7 #1,131
1906 — 6 6 #1,166
1905 — 7 7 #1,035
1899 — 6 6 #996
1898 — 8 8 #849
1893 — 6 6 #963
1891 — 5 5 #1,030
1889 — 6 6 #918
1887 — 5 5 #989
1883 — 7 7 #772
1881 — 5 5 #922
1880 — 5 5 #1,017