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Montana

Pronounced /mɑnˈtænə/

Rank in 2024
#1,056
Born in 2024
235
Peak year
1998 · #511
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:102 in 2024 (#1,650)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 235 girls were named Montana, about 1 in every 6,865.
  • It peaked in 1998 with 496 babies, ranked #511.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1910.
  • 8,572 girls have been named Montana since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Montana per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 154 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 75 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 64 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,022 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,539 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,703 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A unisex given name transferred from the place name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/mɑnˈtænə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.