Montana

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Montana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Montana: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #717, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#717highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#770
1998	#717
1999	#985
2000	#1058
2001	#1063
2002	#1151
2003	#1552
2004	#1252
2005	#1295
2006	#1435
2007	#1296
2008	#1344
2009	#2019
2010	#3156
2011	#1903
2012	#2969
2013	#2313
2014	#2314
2015	#2195
2016	#2120
2017	#1457
2018	#2090
2019	#1782
2020	#1773
2021	#1692
2022	#1556
2023	#2063
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1692 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #717 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Montana appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 478 births with the name.

Montana across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Montana's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#717 (1998)	#2771 (2024)	29 of 29	478 (1996–2024)	33 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#3079 (2016)	#4270 (2024)	7 of 20	28 (2005–2024)	6 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#752 (2014)	#718 (2025)	#718 (2025)	6 of 12	21 (2014–2025)	4 (2014)

Montana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Montana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	101	4 of 10	25
2000sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	127	10 of 10	13
2020s	74	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Montana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #717 in England and Wales in 1998.

Montana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1773	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1344	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#717	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#770	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #717, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Montagu · #2901, 14y
Montague · #657, 29y
Monte · #1951, 18y
Montgomery · #362, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dallas · #718, 29y
Damaris · #716, 26y
Eman · #716, 30y
Farida · #718, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faizah · #717, 29y
Falak · #717, 29y
Maariya · #717, 29y
Xena · #717, 29y

Montana was ranked #717 in England and Wales · Girls in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Montana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Montana without appearing here.

Montana moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2313 and #4739.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2313 and #4739.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Montana

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1903 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #1893.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1743.
Clodagh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1457 and #1681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1170.
Jude Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #1894.

Moved the opposite way to Montana

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Montana

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Montana went from #1112 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #717 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Montana

Montana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Montana across 3 official records

Montana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Montana appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Montana at a glance

Montana across 3 official records

Montana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Montana appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Montana

Montana and the names beside it

Montana moved ahead of

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