Montgomery
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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.
Montgomery for boys#962 US
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.
Montgomery for girls#6050 US
Montgomery is an increasingly popular name for boys, especially in the UK, and now it's being used for girls as well in the US, where more than 50 baby girls were named Montgomery last year.
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 #559.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,557 | 103 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,563 | 104 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,477 | 117 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,419 | 123 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,190 | 160 | #4,531 | 31 |
| 2019 | #1,086 | 184 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,093 | 182 | #3,585 | 42 |
| 2021 | #1,034 | 209 | #4,216 | 34 |
| 2022 | #1,062 | 208 | #4,436 | 32 |
| 2023 | #1,042 | 210 | #4,161 | 35 |
| 2024 | #1,090 | 199 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #962 | 241 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Montgomery for boys
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Famous Montgomerys
- Montgomery Cunningham MeigsBoy
U.S. Civil War general
- (Edward) Montgomery CliftBoy
American actor
- Aaron Montgomery WardBoy
American department store founder
- Montgomery BlairBoy
20th U.S. Postmaster General
- Montgomery Meigs "Monty" AtwaterBoy
American avalanche researcher, forester, skier, and author
- Montgomery "Bud" WilsonBoy
Canadian Olympic figure skater
- Tavares Montgomery "Monty" WilliamsBoy
American basketball player
- George Montgomery Hutchens "Monty" BrinsonBoy
American heir and reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of Beverly Hills")
- Montgomery Moses Brian Baron Cohen (b. 2015)Boy
son of Isla Fischer and Sacha Baron Cohen
- Montgomery Argo RikaartBoy
Sudduth (b. 2016) son of actor Greg Rikaart
Montgomery in pop culture
- Montgomery "Scotty" ScottBoy
character in the "Star Trek" series
- Montgomery "Monty" MontgomeryBoy
character in "A Series of Unfortunate Events," by Lemony Snicket
- Charles Montgomery "Monty" BurnsBoy
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Montgomery MooseBoy
character on animated series "The Get Along Gang"
- Montgomery FiskeBoy
character on animated series "Kim Possible"
- Montgomery MacNeilBoy
character in the film "Fame"
- Lord Montgomery aka Simon LewisBoy
character in "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare
- Montgomery BrewsterBoy
main character in George Barr McCutcheon's "Brewster's Millions" and several films
- MontgomeryBoy
Alabama, USA
- Montgomery JamesBoy
character in "The Madman's Daughter" trilogy by Megan Shepherd
- Addison Forbes MontgomeryBoy
character on TV shows "Private Practice" and "Grey's Anatomy
- Aria Marie MontgomeryBoy
character in book series/TV show "Pretty Little Liars"
- Montgomery de la CruzBoy
character in the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why"