Montana

Montana is a unisex given name: about 30% of people named Montana are men and 70% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 30%Female 70%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 30% male / 70% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 3,171 male / 7,471 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Montana

To address Montana when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Montana," in English, "Guten Tag Montana," in German. About 30% of people named Montana are men and 70% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

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

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Montana by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	30%

United States birth data

3,171 male · 7,471 female · 10,642 births recorded

Male 30%Female 70%

Since 1980: 30% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Montana a male or female name?

Montana is a unisex given name: about 30% of people named Montana are men and 70% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Montana in an email?

Is Montana a unisex name?

Montana is not a unisex name: 30% of people named Montana are men. Montana leans strongly female overall.

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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Montana a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/montana (accessed 2026-09-11). 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://dearwho.vercel.app/name/montana},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}