Montgomery

What Montgomery means

Means “Gomeric's hill”

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill").

Source: Wiktionary, “Montgomery” (revision 94541742), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Montgomery?

US: Rising: up from #1555 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #373 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 241 boys got the name (#960 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 7,087 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,059 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IN (0.38 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.34 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.34 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Montgomery is #960 in the US and #578 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.3% of US babies named Montgomery were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Montgomerie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Montgomery

Boys

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*
• Sutton#332“south + town”^*
• Wells#345“spring”^*
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*

For a sister

• Quincy#814Editor’s note Used for both: 44% of US babies named Quincy in 2025 were girls
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*
• Carter#454“son of Arthur”^*
• Remington#511“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Merritt#703Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Merritt in 2025 were girls
• Oakley#156“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Montgomery’s. Rank is US 2025.