Montana

Unisex

Montana has been given to 12,855 babies in the U.S. since 1910. It peaked in 1998.

Meaning & origin /mɑnˈtænə/

From Latin montāna * the US state via Spanish montaña (“mountain”) * the surname from Spanish Montaña topographic surname

Origin: place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

12,855

Peak year

1998 (678 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1910

10-year trend

▲ +77%

Gender split

69% girls / 31% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Montana.

12,839 babies since 1966

12,782 babies since 1947

12,953 babies since 1976

12,719 babies since 1957

12,698 babies since 1982

13,160 babies since 1955

13,230 babies since 1979

13,343 babies since 1970

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