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
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 570 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,160since 1881
Monte over time
Rank among boys' names. Monte has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,466 | 121 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,432 | 127 |
| 2023 | — | #1,473 | 122 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,237 | 159 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,267 | 150 |
| 2020 | — | #1,489 | 114 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,479 | 116 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,792 | 85 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,871 | 78 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,522 | 110 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,523 | 108 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,701 | 89 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,733 | 84 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,923 | 74 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,795 | 80 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,677 | 92 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,839 | 80 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,692 | 90 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,741 | 85 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,596 | 91 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,035 | 61 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,542 | 86 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,466 | 89 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,557 | 79 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,677 | 69 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,429 | 86 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,246 | 97 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,182 | 101 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,292 | 85 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,221 | 90 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,113 | 103 |
| 1993 | — | #1,163 | 92 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,049 | 109 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,025 | 111 | |
| 1990 | — | #904 | 130 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #869 | 119 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #904 | 108 |
| 1986 | — | #821 | 122 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #852 | 112 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #793 | 121 |
| 1983 | — | #763 | 128 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #729 | 142 |
| 1981 | — | #741 | 138 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #700 | 154 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #708 | 147 |
| 1978 | — | #630 | 175 | |
| 1977 | — | #579 | 208 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #574 | 199 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #492 | 262 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #494 | 265 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #446 | 306 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #418 | 360 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #383 | 438 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #391 | 422 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #402 | 394 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #366 | 450 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #367 | 417 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #365 | 429 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #349 | 476 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #330 | 567 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #324 | 592 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #326 | 581 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #331 | 563 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #362 | 469 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #359 | 475 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #330 | 544 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #305 | 617 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #296 | 623 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #316 | 540 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #303 | 568 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #307 | 540 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #293 | 570 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #318 | 475 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #295 | 530 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #327 | 440 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #385 | 313 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | #388 | 312 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #424 | 224 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #507 | 139 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #482 | 157 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #473 | 171 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #435 | 200 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #406 | 207 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #373 | 233 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #380 | 224 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #344 | 264 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #407 | 192 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #409 | 180 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #446 | 164 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #462 | 148 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #461 | 145 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #487 | 139 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #512 | 126 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #490 | 146 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #599 | 102 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #629 | 96 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #712 | 80 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #649 | 96 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,076 | 44 |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#79 · 1 in 401
- Idaho#90 · 1 in 428
- North Dakota#119 · 1 in 618
- Oklahoma#119 · 1 in 643
- Nebraska#130 · 1 in 823
Best ever in a state: #72 in Idaho, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #79 | 17 | 1 in 401 |
| Idaho | #90 | 16 | 1 in 428 |
| North Dakota | #119 | 12 | 1 in 618 |
| Oklahoma | #119 | 37 | 1 in 643 |
| Nebraska | #130 | 18 | 1 in 823 |
| South Dakota | #139 | 9 | 1 in 897 |
| Indiana | #161 | 34 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Iowa | #167 | 22 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Utah | #171 | 9 | 1 in 1,067 |
| Kansas | #179 | 16 | 1 in 1,244 |
| Washington | #184 | 19 | 1 in 1,425 |
| Oregon | #196 | 11 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Colorado | #201 | 10 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Kentucky | #220 | 18 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Ohio | #235 | 29 | 1 in 3,131 |
| Illinois | #257 | 27 | 1 in 3,434 |
| Wisconsin | #268 | 7 | 1 in 5,594 |
| Virginia | #274 | 13 | 1 in 2,847 |
| Arkansas | #275 | 9 | 1 in 2,473 |
| Missouri | #278 | 11 | 1 in 3,789 |
| Maryland | #293 | 5 | 1 in 4,883 |
| Minnesota | #296 | 6 | 1 in 5,938 |
| California | #297 | 36 | 1 in 3,390 |
| New York | #315 | 27 | 1 in 5,587 |
| Tennessee | #318 | 9 | 1 in 4,356 |
| North Carolina | #327 | 13 | 1 in 3,864 |
| Michigan | #329 | 12 | 1 in 6,480 |
| Texas | #365 | 33 | 1 in 3,146 |
| Pennsylvania | #383 | 10 | 1 in 10,840 |
| Louisiana | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,083 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Monte
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1952 at #293 (570 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1924–1988
- 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
- 23.7% of all boys named Monte (5,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #866 (1881) | #937 |
| 1890s | 44 | #631 (1894) | #932 |
| 1900s | 70 | #596 (1901) | #1,025 |
| 1910s | 243 | #896 (1911) | #1,209 |
| 1920s | 698 | #599 (1929) | #853 |
| 1930s | 1,728 | #344 (1938) | #440 |
| 1940s | 2,396 | #327 (1949) | #420 |
| 1950s | 5,482 | #293 (1952) | #312 |
| 1960s | 4,938 | #324 (1963) | #352 |
| 1970s | 2,782 | #383 (1971) | #512 |
| 1980s | 1,242 | #700 (1980) | #822 |
| 1990s | 997 | #904 (1990) | #1,165 |
| 2000s | 816 | #1,429 (2000) | #1,657 |
| 2010s | 916 | #1,479 (2019) | #1,702 |
| 2020s | 793 | #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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 107,066 of them was named Monte, which outranked 58.5% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,436Wava17
- #2,436Yvonna17
- #2,436Zula17
- #2,535Monte16
- #2,535Adina16
- #2,535Alena16
- #2,535Alisa16
- #2,652Alayne15
- #2,652Alejandra15
- #2,652Aletta15
Tied with 116 names at #2,535; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 3,378 of them was named Monte, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.