# Montgomery (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/montgomery/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “gomeric's hill”, “man”, “ruler” |
| Pronunciation | /məntˈɡʌm(ə)ɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Mons |
| Variant spellings | Montgomerie |
| US babies named this | 6,248 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,701 / 547 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,055, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Norman surname, from a place in Normandy (Old French for "Gomeric's hill"). Gumaric was a Germanic personal name composed of *gumô (“man”) and *rīks (“ruler”) (whence the modern French surnames Gomery, Gommery and Gumery or the Galician placename Gomariz).

## What it means

Montgomery is grouped under king and 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 | 11 | 10,192 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,551 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,645 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,909 |
| 2015 | 22 | 5,966 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,275 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,638 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,532 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,265 |
| 2020 | 42 | 3,585 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4,216 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,437 |
| 2023 | 35 | 4,163 |
| 2024 | 20 | 6,088 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,050 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 1,981 |
| 2012 | 94 | 1,651 |
| 2013 | 83 | 1,760 |
| 2014 | 103 | 1,557 |
| 2015 | 104 | 1,564 |
| 2016 | 117 | 1,477 |
| 2017 | 123 | 1,419 |
| 2018 | 160 | 1,191 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,086 |
| 2020 | 182 | 1,094 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,034 |
| 2022 | 208 | 1,062 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 200 | 1,088 |
| 2025 | 241 | 962 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 464 |
| 2012 | 119 | 362 |
| 2013 | 105 | 388 |
| 2014 | 97 | 419 |
| 2015 | 117 | 373 |
| 2016 | 99 | 426 |
| 2017 | 119 | 381 |
| 2018 | 94 | 440 |
| 2019 | 97 | 426 |
| 2020 | 99 | 410 |
| 2021 | 74 | 526 |
| 2022 | 74 | 528 |
| 2023 | 76 | 514 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 67 | 578 |

## People named Montgomery

- Montgomery Clift, American actor (1920–1966)
- James Montgomery Flagg, American artist (1877-1960)
- Montgomery Wilson, Canadian figure skater (1909–1964)
- Montgomery Blair, American judge (1813-1883)
- Robert Montgomery Bird, American novelist, playwright, physician (1806–1854)
- John Montgomery Ward, American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager (1860-1925)
- Thomas Newman, American composer and conductor (born 1955)
- Zebulon Pike, American military officer, explorer, and writer (1779-1813)
- Anna Campbell, British anarcha-feminist
- Richard M. Young, American politician (1798-1861)
- Vail M. Pittman, American politician (1883–1964)

## 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.