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How popular is the name Montgomery?

Births per year, rank history and how many Montgomeries are alive today.

Montgomery (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 578th in 2025 with 67 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2012, when 119 babies were given the name, the 362nd most popular that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

The Montgomery you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Montgomeries born in England and Wales are between 7 and 18, and there are at least 2,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Montgomery - on average, only one in every 145 such rooms contains a Montgomery.

How many babies are named Montgomery each year?

050100200020201996: 131997: 171998: 111999: 142000: 172001: 262002: 322003: 312004: 452005: 542006: 732007: 822008: 712009: 922010: 922011: 812012: 1192013: 1052014: 972015: 1172016: 992017: 1192018: 942019: 972020: 992021: 742022: 742023: 762024: 672025: 67actual

Where does Montgomery rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,0401997: ranked 8741998: ranked 1,1881999: ranked 1,0272000: ranked 9182001: ranked 6862002: ranked 6112003: ranked 6952004: ranked 5662005: ranked 5062006: ranked 4432007: ranked 4272008: ranked 4892009: ranked 4172010: ranked 4132011: ranked 4642012: ranked 3622013: ranked 3882014: ranked 4192015: ranked 3732016: ranked 4262017: ranked 3812018: ranked 4402019: ranked 4262020: ranked 4102021: ranked 5262022: ranked 5282023: ranked 5142024: ranked 5672025: ranked 578

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Montgomery per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 119 in 2012
Montgomery: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Montgomery most popular?

Montgomery peaked in 2012, when 119 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Montgomery?

At least 2,100 people named Montgomery born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Montgomery?

Most living Montgomeries are between 7 and 18; the most common age is about 10.

Is Montgomery becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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