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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #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.

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 1935

girls
#2,439
12 births · 1 in 87,381 girls
boys
#446
164 births · 1 in 6,350 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #2,439Monte12

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #446Monte164
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 87,381 of them was named Monte, which outranked 50.2% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monte
  1. #2,305Willard13
  2. #2,305Willine13
  3. #2,305Zina13
  4. #2,439Monte12
  5. #2,439Adelyn12
  6. #2,439Aldene12
  7. #2,439Allegra12
  8. #2,575Adra11
  9. #2,575Aldona11
  10. #2,575Aleatha11

Tied with 135 names at #2,439; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 6,350 of them was named Monte, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monte
  1. #442Rene166
  2. #442Salvador166
  3. #445Warner165
  4. #446Monte164
  5. #447Spencer163
  6. #448Ricardo162
  7. #449Ernie161
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935