Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Montana

Gender

Male

Origin

Latin
Mountain
Mountain; a northwestern American state

Syllables

3

Pronunciation

m(o)-nta-na, mon-tana

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Judd Hirsch

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1995 (rank #769, 194 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1520, 114 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #510, 496 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1033, 242 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025114242
2024102235
2023110174
2022106184
2021110150
2020110116
2019111120
201898113
201769115
201662138

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #3077, 6 births); most recent 2024 (rank #4266, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #717, 33 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2006, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–14
202449
2023513
2022–19
2021–17
2020316
2019–16
2018–13
2017–22
2016613

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #2198, 6 births); most recent 2005 (rank #4906, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
20193
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #749, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20233
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1994 (rank #427, 6 births); most recent 1996 (rank #503, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1995 (rank #174, 22 births); most recent 2008 (rank #538, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014––

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence