# Montana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/montana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “mountain” |
| Pronunciation | /mɑnˈtænə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mt |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,855 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,040 / 8,815 (69% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 520, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Montana is grouped under mountain.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 99 | 1,997 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,182 |
| 2013 | 104 | 1,924 |
| 2014 | 126 | 1,682 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,674 |
| 2016 | 138 | 1,602 |
| 2017 | 115 | 1,811 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,809 |
| 2019 | 121 | 1,721 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,738 |
| 2021 | 150 | 1,434 |
| 2022 | 184 | 1,289 |
| 2023 | 174 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 236 | 1,059 |
| 2025 | 242 | 1,033 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,752 |
| 2012 | 46 | 2,664 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,829 |
| 2014 | 50 | 2,507 |
| 2015 | 73 | 1,995 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,197 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,044 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,646 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,527 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,522 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,572 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,631 |
| 2023 | 110 | 1,588 |
| 2024 | 102 | 1,657 |
| 2025 | 114 | 1,525 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مُونْتَانَا
- Armenian: Մոնտանա
- Bulgarian: Монта́на
- Catalan: Montana
- Chinese: 蒙大拿州
- Czech: Montana
- Danish: Montana
- Dutch: Montana
- Esperanto: Montano
- Finnish: Montana
- French: Montana
- Georgian: მონტანა
- German: Montana
- Greek: Μοντάνα
- Hindi: मोन्टाना, मोंटाना
- Italian: Montana
- Japanese: モンタナ州
- Korean: 몬태나
- Latin: Montana
- Latvian: Montāna

## People named Montana

- Montana Jordan, American actor
- Montana Cox, fashion model
- Dorothy Coburn, American actress (1905–1978)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.