Montez
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 81.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 110 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,205since 1953
Montez over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,750 | 47 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,021 | 40 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,993 | 40 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,708 | 29 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,486 | 50 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,492 | 49 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,551 | 48 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,117 | 64 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,206 | 54 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,055 | 55 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,792 | 64 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,725 | 65 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,477 | 77 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,558 | 68 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,333 | 84 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,500 | 67 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,194 | 94 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,312 | 79 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,152 | 95 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | — | #1,030 | 110 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,117 | 92 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,109 | 91 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,130 | 78 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,088 | 78 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,102 | 72 |
| 1985 | — | #1,290 | 55 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,365 | 48 |
| 1983 | — | #1,059 | 70 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,342 | 49 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,373 | 47 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,449 | 43 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,335 | 41 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Montez! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Montez
- 1,957 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #4,707)
- 1,633 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #4,707)
- 2,221 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #4,707)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1991 at #1,030 (110 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,367 boys born in 1991 were named Montez (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Montez (854) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1964, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #2,764 (1955) | #3,517 |
| 1960s | 87 | #1,788 (1968) | #2,495 |
| 1970s | 347 | #1,322 (1975) | #1,541 |
| 1980s | 631 | #1,059 (1983) | #1,231 |
| 1990s | 854 | #1,030 (1991) | #1,286 |
| 2000s | 608 | #1,725 (2000) | #2,019 |
| 2010s | 441 | #2,284 (2011) | #2,806 |
| 2020s | 218 | #2,750 (2024) | #3,342 |
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.
Montez in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 376,260 of them was named Montez, which outranked 12.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 824 names at #5,673; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 394,460 of them was named Montez, which outranked 12.5% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 543 names at #3,798; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.