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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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 1956

girls
#4,161
9 births · 1 in 223,078 girls
boys
#296
623 births · 1 in 3,395 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #4,161Monte9

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #296Monte623
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 223,078 of them was named Monte, which outranked 39.6% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monte
  1. #3,910Yevonne10
  2. #3,910Zan10
  3. #3,910Zeta10
  4. #4,161Monte9
  5. #4,161Adline9
  6. #4,161Adora9
  7. #4,161Adra9
  8. #4,467Abra8
  9. #4,467Alesa8
  10. #4,467Allana8

Tied with 305 names at #4,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 3,395 of them was named Monte, which outranked 93.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monte
  1. #293Ramon641
  2. #294Darrel629
  3. #295Ivan624
  4. #296Monte623
  5. #297Sylvester621
  6. #298Delbert617
  7. #299Derek614
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956