Montgomery
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About Montgomery
This image of this distinguished Anglo-Scottish surname, drawn from the French place name of the ancient castle of Saint Foi de Montgomery, is rapidly shifting from fusty and formal to cool. And dashing short form Monty (or Monte) nudges it to cute.
Best-known bearer of the name is beautiful-but-tortured midcentury actor Montgomery Clift. Roger de Montgomery was a Norman nobleman who was made Earl of Arundel after he invaded England in 1066 and Sir Bernard Montgomery was a noted army commander in World War II. Montgomery is also the proper first name of Star Trek's engineer Scotty and, less flatteringly, the middle name of The Simpsons' evil Mr. Burns.
Pronounced mont-GUM-uh-ree.
As of October 2026, Montgomery ranked #962 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #778 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #726.
Editor's take: The name Montgomery is a boy's name of Norman origin meaning "man power".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,557 | 103 | 53.6 |
| 2015 | #1,563 | 104 | 54.3 |
| 2016 | #1,477 | 117 | 61.7 |
| 2017 | #1,419 | 123 | 66.5 |
| 2018 | #1,190 | 160 | 88.1 |
| 2019 | #1,086 | 184 | 102.6 |
| 2020 | #1,093 | 182 | 105.4 |
| 2021 | #1,034 | 209 | 119.5 |
| 2022 | #1,062 | 208 | 119.1 |
| 2023 | #1,042 | 210 | 122.8 |
| 2024 | #1,090 | 199 | 115.5 |
| 2025 | #962 | 241 | 141.1 |
World rankings
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Montgomery on lists
Famous Montgomerys
- Montgomery Cunningham Meigs
U.S. Civil War general
- (Edward) Montgomery Clift
American actor
- Aaron Montgomery Ward
American department store founder
- Montgomery Blair
20th U.S. Postmaster General
- Montgomery Meigs "Monty" Atwater
American avalanche researcher, forester, skier, and author
- Montgomery "Bud" Wilson
Canadian Olympic figure skater
- Tavares Montgomery "Monty" Williams
American basketball player
- George Montgomery Hutchens "Monty" Brinson
American heir and reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills")
- Montgomery Moses Brian Baron Cohen (b. 2015)
son of Isla Fischer and Sacha Baron Cohen
- Montgomery Argo Rikaart
Sudduth (b. 2016) son of actor Greg Rikaart
Montgomery in pop culture
- Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
character in the "Star Trek" series
- Montgomery "Monty" Montgomery
character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events," by Lemony Snicket
- Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Montgomery Moose
character on animated series "The Get Along Gang"
- Montgomery Fiske
character on animated series "Kim Possible"
- Montgomery MacNeil
character in the film "Fame"
- Lord Montgomery aka Simon Lewis
character in "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare
- Montgomery Brewster
main character in George Barr McCutcheon's "Brewster's Millions" and several films
- Montgomery
Alabama, USA
- Montgomery James
character in "The Madman's Daughter" trilogy by Megan Shepherd
- Addison Forbes Montgomery
character on TV shows "Private Practice" and "Grey's Anatomy
- Aria Marie Montgomery
character in book series/TV show "Pretty Little Liars"
- Montgomery de la Cruz
character in the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why"