Montana
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- mon-TAN-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,033 for girls
Montana is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 1,033rd for girls in the US (242 babies).
What does Montana mean?
Spanish: via the US state
“mountain”
From the US state, whose name comes from the Spanish montaña, mountain.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Montana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Montana has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 242 girls and 114 boys in the US.
How popular is Montana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Montana, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Montana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were given Montana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,459, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Montana 14
- Montanna 4
Girls were 86% of the babies named Montana in the UK in 2005, and 69% in 2024.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Montana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,374 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,545 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,293 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 23 | #1,005 |
| 1998 | 33 | #775 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Montana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,033rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 242 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 242 girls in the US were named Montana, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,728th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 496 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910. 114 boys were also named Montana in 2025 (1,520th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Montana than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Montana in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1982, 25% of the babies named Montana in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 68%, with more girls than boys since 1986.
Montana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 242 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 236 | #1,056 |
| 2023 | 174 | #1,304 |
| 2022 | 184 | #1,288 |
| 2021 | 150 | #1,432 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,728 |
| 2019 | 121 | #1,716 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,799 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,598 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,674 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 129 | #1,710 |
| 2008 | 192 | #1,295 |
| 2007 | 290 | #932 |
| 2006 | 306 | #869 |
| 2005 | 226 | #1,054 |
| 2004 | 238 | #993 |
| 2003 | 304 | #810 |
| 2002 | 366 | #684 |
| 2001 | 374 | #670 |
| 2000 | 432 | #592 |
| 1999 | 462 | #544 |
| 1998 | 496 | #510 |
| 1997 | 458 | #523 |
| 1996 | 374 | #611 |
| 1995 | 341 | #638 |
| 1994 | 331 | #650 |
| 1993 | 225 | #856 |
| 1992 | 182 | #1,023 |
| 1991 | 117 | #1,371 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,564 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,537 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,702 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Montana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca, Alora, Aria, Sienna, Ariana, Marina, Sierra, Sophia, Athena, Serena, Aurora, Mia
Other spellings of Montana
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Montana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montana, updated 20 October 2026.