Montgomery
Masculine · “Gumaric's hill”
Montgomery is given to both — 5,701 boys and 547 girls since 1880. See Montgomery as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Montgomery began as a hill in Normandy and ended up on a map of Wales, a city in Alabama, and the birth certificates of American boys in every generation since records were kept. Four syllables with the weight in the middle — mont-GUM-uh-ree — and a short form, Monty, that has been in use for centuries alongside it.
How old is the name Montgomery?
Montgomery was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Montgomery alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 4,900 people named Montgomery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Montgomery most popular?
Montgomery peaked in 1883, reaching #720 nationally. Today it ranks #960, 240 places below that high. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Gumaric to Montgomery
The story of Montgomery
The name comes from Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy, a settlement named for a Germanic-named landholder's hill. Roger de Montgomery, one of the great Norman magnates of the eleventh century and Earl of Shrewsbury, brought the name to Britain, where it attached itself to a castle and then to the Welsh town and county of Montgomery. From there it followed the usual English route: a Norman place name becomes a family name, the family name becomes a first name given to sons, and the first name crosses the Atlantic. In America it also became a city — Montgomery, Alabama — which is why the spelling is familiar to people who have never met anyone called it.
Meaning
Gumaric's hill
Old French mont, 'hill', joined to the Germanic personal name Gumaric, built from elements meaning 'man' and 'power'. The whole thing is a place name first and a personal name second.
How the name formed
- Gumaric
- MontgommeryNormandy
- de Montgomery
- Montgomery
Related forms: Montgommery · Montgomerie
Pronouncing Montgomery
mont-GUM-uh-ree
Stress on the second syllable. Many American speakers compress it to mont-GUM-ree; the British pronunciation often leans closer to mun-GOM-uh-ree.
Nicknames for Montgomery
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 2025241 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #720reached in 1883
- Change vs 2022
- +15.9%241 in 2025, from 208
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Montgomery in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Montgommery in French — spelling variant
- Montgomerie in Scots — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Montgomerys among us
people named Montgomery are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 7,087 born in 2025 was named Montgomery
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Montgomery sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Montgomery is headed
Montgomery should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Montgomery beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Montgomery in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling is already known to nearly everyone through Montgomery, Alabama, so it rarely needs to be explained letter by letter.
- Comes with Monty and Monte ready-made — a long formal name with a short everyday one attached.
- Present in US birth records continuously from the earliest data onward, without ever becoming a crowd.
- A Norman place name with a documented eleventh-century trail through England and Wales.
- Four syllables is a lot to write on forms, and in practice many Montgomerys become Monty by the second week of school. If you dislike Monty, it is worth knowing that in advance.
- The name carries strong American associations — the Alabama city and the bus boycott there — which some families find meaningful and others would rather avoid.
- For anyone who grew up on The Simpsons, Montgomery Burns is a reference point. It fades quickly next to a real child, but it will come up.
- He is unlikely to share the name with a classmate, which cuts both ways: no last-initial problem, but also nobody else to normalize the full form.
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Masculine · #960 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Montgomerys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,900 people named Montgomery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Montgomery in 2025?
- Montgomery ranks #960 among US boy names in 2025, with 241 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Montgomery?
- About 1 in every 7,087 US boys born in 2025 was named Montgomery — 241 in all.
- Will my child share the name Montgomery with classmates?
- Montgomery will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Montgomery
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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