Montgomery

Popularity Trends

The name Montgomery is the #3,577 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,765 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 53.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,648 (64.1% percentile) for all time with 5,258 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #5,209 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 507 births since 1992.

Montgomery has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1992 for girls). Birth data for Montgomery is available in 126 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (126 years for boys and 31 years for girls). 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 Montgomery has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 85.7% of babies named Montgomery were boys.

For boys, Montgomery reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.5% percentile (ranked #706) with 115 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 115 births per million (ranked 22.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Montgomery is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #706 (22.5% percentile) with 115 births per million.

For girls, Montgomery reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #903) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 24 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Montgomery ranks #917 for girls (3.2% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Montgomery".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

507

Peak Births

Peak Year

2020

First Recorded

1992

Peak Percentile

3.9%

Current Percentile

3.2%

Peak Rank

#903

Current Rank

#917

Female statistics

Total Births

5,258

Peak Births

210

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

22.5%

Current Percentile

22.5%

Peak Rank

#706

Current Rank

#706

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Montgomery", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Montgomery.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Montgomery's popularity from 1961 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Montgomery at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Montgomery range from Aspyn at 86.0% correlation to Ayat at 85.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 85.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Amara with 24.3K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Dekari with 595 births (100% boys).

Montgomery's share of births peaked at 134.7 births per million in 2023 (23.8 for girls in 2020 and 114.7 for boys in 2023). It reached its lowest point of 4.4 births per million (3% of peak) in 1938.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Aspyn

3,437

86.00% (very strong)

Briar

11.2k

85.79% (very strong)

Dakari

3,899

85.77% (very strong)

Damir

2,896

85.72% (very strong)

Keilani

4,547

85.69% (very strong)

Dekari

595

85.66% (very strong)

Gatlin

4,020

85.64% (very strong)

Amara

24.3k

85.61% (very strong)

Zayd

4,054

85.58% (very strong)

Indigo

4,407

85.57% (very strong)

Alias

1,006

85.57% (very strong)

Ayat

1,468

85.52% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Montgomery

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Montgomery. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 32.6% confident that Montgomery is pronounced as mahnt-GUH-mer-ee, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahnt-GAH-mer-ee, at 17.4% confidence, with 4 syllables.

32.6%

17.4%

15.2%

13.0%

10.9%

6.5%

4.3%

mahnt-GUH-mer-ee (4 syllables)

32.6% confidence

M AA0 N T G AH1 M ER0 IY0

mahnt-GAH-mer-ee (4 syllables)

17.4% confidence

M AA0 N T G AA1 M ER0 IY0

mahnt-GUH-mree (3 syllables)

Verified

15.2% confidence

M AA0 N T G AH1 M R IY0

muhnt-GUH-mer-ee (4 syllables)

13.0% confidence

M AH0 N T G AH1 M ER0 IY0

MAHNT-guh-mer-ee (4 syllables)

10.9% confidence

M AA1 N T G AH0 M ER0 IY0

mawnt-GUH-mer-ee (4 syllables)

6.5% confidence

M AO0 N T G AH1 M ER0 IY0

MAHNT-guh-ree (3 syllables)

4.3% confidence

M AA1 N T G AH0 R IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Montgomery? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Montgomery. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Montgomery, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AA0 N T G AH1 M ER0 IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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