girls:
8.3k births since 1910
#1782 (69th percentile)
boys:
3.8k births since 1942
#2002 (56th percentile)
overall:
12.2k births since 1910
#2384 (69th percentile)
The name Montana is the #2,384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,155 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 69.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,782 (68.8% percentile) for all time with 8,334 births since 1910. For boys, it ranks #2,002 (56.3% percentile) for all time with 3,821 births since 1942.
Montana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1942 for boys). Birth data for Montana is available in 82 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (79 years for girls and 51 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Montana has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (68.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 61.3% of babies named Montana were girls.
For girls, Montana reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 47.8% percentile (ranked #457) with 256 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 256 births per million (ranked 47.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Montana ranks #778 for girls (17.9% percentile) with 99 births per million, which is 38.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Montana reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 23.3% percentile (ranked #614) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 96 births per million (ranked 23.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Montana ranks #806 for boys (11.5% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 62.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Montana".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Montana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Montana is pronounced as mahn-TA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mawn-TA-nuh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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