Monte

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · #1,466 for boys in 2025, 121 births
Given to boys 96.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1952 · 570 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
23,160
since 1881

Monte over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Monte has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #293, 1952boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,466121
2024#10,2719#1,432127
2023—#1,473122
2022—#1,237159
2021#15,2515#1,267150
2020—#1,489114
2019—#1,479116
2018—#1,79285
2017—#1,87178
2016—#1,522110
2015—#1,523108
2014—#1,70189
2013—#1,73384
2012—#1,92374
2011—#1,79580
2010—#1,67792
2009—#1,83980
2008—#1,69290
2007—#1,74185
2006—#1,59691
2005—#2,03561
2004—#1,54286
2003—#1,46689
2002—#1,55779
2001—#1,67769
2000—#1,42986
1999—#1,45779
1998—#1,24697
1997—#1,182101
1996—#1,29285
1995—#1,22190
1994#13,4305#1,113103
1993—#1,16392
1992—#1,049109
1991—#1,025111
1990—#904130
1989—#1,04598
1988—#869119
1987#9,8256#904108
1986—#821122
1985#9,3076#852112
1984#8,1537#793121
1983—#763128
1982#8,2247#729142
1981—#741138
1980#8,1787#700154
1979#9,0106#708147
1978—#630175
1977—#579208
1976#6,0489#574199
1975#7,1737#492262
1974#6,2588#494265
1973#3,97115#446306
1972#4,30013#418360
1971#8,3245#383438
1970#3,57717#391422
1969#5,0579#402394
1968#6,2466#366450
1967#6,0426#367417
1966#3,14816#365429
1965#3,40214#349476
1964#4,35510#330567
1963#4,01911#324592
1962#3,29315#326581
1961#3,18916#331563
1960#5,1687#362469
1959#4,03110#359475
1958#3,92510#330544
1957#2,82317#305617
1956#4,1619#296623
1955#2,06327#316540
1954#2,59218#303568
1953#2,51618#307540
1952#3,20112#293570
1951#2,31419#318475
1950#2,53516#295530
1949#2,01323#327440
1948#2,41617#385313
1947#2,27919#388312
1946#2,59714#424224
1945#2,14916#507139
1944#2,28715#482157
1943#2,55813#473171
1942#1,98119#435200
1941#2,66811#406207
1940#2,73710#373233
1939#1,79719#380224
1938#2,34013#344264
1937#2,31713#407192
1936#2,8579#409180
1935#2,43912#446164
1934#2,56711#462148
1933#2,68810#461145
1932#2,49012#487139
1931#1,75020#512126
1930#3,0559#490146
1929#3,1379#599102
1928#4,7255#62996
1927#3,5618#619102
1926#3,8737#71280
1925#3,6648#64996
1924#4,4346#96053
1923#2,73212#1,07644
1922—#1,12040
1921#3,6668#1,02646
1920#3,9577#1,13939
1919#3,8177#1,13937
1918#2,51913#1,15236
1917#3,3448#1,11336
1916#4,4175#1,12034
1915#4,2745#1,26527
1914#2,8767#1,38819
1913#2,8276#1,07522
1912—#1,35313
1911—#89614
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,1137
1907#2,0615#1,0947
1906#1,5537#8529
1905—#1,2335
1904—#1,2055
1903——
1902—#1,0136
1901—#59612
1900—#68014
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896—#1,1015
1895—#1,0795
1894—#63111
1893—#9076
1892#1,1717#9566
1891#1,3325#9635
1890—#8846
1889—#9745
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884—#9715
1883——
1882——
1881—#8665
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Monte! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Monte is popular in 1884

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Monte
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#1,432 → #1,466)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#1,489 → #1,466)
  • 57 spots since 2015 (#1,523 → #1,466)
  • Biggest jump: 693 spots in 1911 (#1,589 → #896)
  • Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1912 (#896 → #1,353)
Rise & fade · boys
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1952 at #293 (570 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1924–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,378
  • Highest: 1 in 3,378 boys born in 1950 were named Monte (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #293 in 1952, was only 1 in 3,410 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Monte (5,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#866 (1881)#937
1890s44#631 (1894)#932
1900s70#596 (1901)#1,025
1910s243#896 (1911)#1,209
1920s698#599 (1929)#853
1930s1,728#344 (1938)#440
1940s2,396#327 (1949)#420
1950s5,482#293 (1952)#312
1960s4,938#324 (1963)#352
1970s2,782#383 (1971)#512
1980s1,242#700 (1980)#822
1990s997#904 (1990)#1,165
2000s816#1,429 (2000)#1,657
2010s916#1,479 (2019)#1,702
2020s793#1,237 (2022)#1,394

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Monte in 1884

boys
#971
5 births · 1 in 22,888 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #971Monte5
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Monte, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monte
  1. #848Whit6
  2. #848Wilhelm6
  3. #848Zollie6
  4. #971Monte5
  5. #971Abb5
  6. #971Ace5
  7. #971Aden5

Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. ↑ 404Pierce#892 → #488
  2. ↑ 388Harlan#892 → #504
  3. ↑ 372Buck#892 → #520
  4. ↑ 345Noel#892 → #547
  5. ↑ 323Cleve#527 → #204
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Ernie#527 → #971
  2. ↓ 415Chin#556 → #971
  3. ↓ 388Newt#460 → #848
  4. ↓ 369Cal#479 → #848
  5. ↓ 351Omar#497 → #848

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1884 →