Montana
Montana is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 3,171 male / 7,471 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Montana
If you do not know Montana’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Montana,” in English, “Guten Tag Montana,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Montana,
German
Guten Tag Montana,
French
Bonjour Montana,
Spanish
Estimado/a Montana:
Chinese
Montana您好：
Japanese
Montana様
English
Hi Montana,
German
Hi Montana,
French
Salut Montana,
Spanish
Hola Montana,
Chinese
Montana你好：
Japanese
Montanaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
United States birth data
3,171 male · 7,471 female · 10,642 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 30.3% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Montana a male or female name?
Montana is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Montana in an email?
If you do not know Montana’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Montana,” in English, “Guten Tag Montana,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Montana a unisex name?
Montana is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Montana a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/montana. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_montana,
title = {Is Montana a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/montana},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}