Montana: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “mountainous”
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- mon-TAN-uh · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Both (69% girls, 31% boys since 1880)
From Spanish montaña 'mountain'; Montana is also a place name, especially the U.S. state. As a given name it is a modern place-name use.
How popular is Montana?
Babies named Montana in 2024337
2024 rank#1,057 girls
Peak year1998
Total US babies since 188012,495
Montana is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Montana
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Montana questions
What does the name Montana mean?
Montana means "mountainous". It comes from Spanish. From Spanish montaña 'mountain'; Montana is also a place name, especially the U.S. state. As a given name it is a modern place-name use.
Is Montana a boy or girl name?
Montana is used for both: about 69% of US babies named Montana since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Montana?
337 US babies were named Montana in 2024. Its peak year was 1998.
How do you pronounce Montana?
Montana is usually pronounced mon-TAN-uh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.