Monty
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #1,539 for boys in 2025, 112 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 539 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 15,350since 1900
Monty over time
Rank among boys' names. Monty has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #1,539 | 112 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,809 | 90 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,868 | 85 |
| 2022 | — | #2,094 | 71 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,000 | 74 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,392 | 55 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,421 | 55 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,193 | 36 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,689 | 45 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,528 | 49 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,754 | 43 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,265 | 33 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,371 | 32 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,221 | 23 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,914 | 40 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,103 | 37 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,932 | 38 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,022 | 34 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,129 | 21 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,847 | 34 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,398 | 37 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,507 | 34 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,060 | 43 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,933 | 46 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,822 | 47 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,620 | 55 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,525 | 58 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,452 | 61 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,435 | 61 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,362 | 65 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,173 | 74 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,379 | 53 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,153 | 67 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,033 | 79 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,009 | 78 | |
| 1983 | — | #956 | 85 | |
| 1982 | — | #920 | 94 | |
| 1981 | — | #886 | 101 | |
| 1980 | — | #816 | 116 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #789 | 120 |
| 1978 | — | #747 | 129 | |
| 1977 | — | #723 | 139 | |
| 1976 | — | #655 | 156 | |
| 1975 | — | #601 | 182 | |
| 1974 | — | #584 | 186 | |
| 1973 | — | #526 | 222 | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #482 | 265 |
| 1971 | — | #471 | 300 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #451 | 330 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #451 | 296 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #437 | 302 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #422 | 325 |
| 1966 | — | #374 | 412 | |
| 1965 | — | #378 | 419 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #368 | 451 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | #369 | 459 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #359 | 489 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #339 | 539 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #356 | 480 |
| 1959 | — | #350 | 496 | |
| 1958 | — | #351 | 472 | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #349 | 465 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #384 | 384 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #383 | 353 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #373 | 358 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #404 | 295 |
| 1952 | — | #373 | 331 | |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #379 | 321 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | #365 | 342 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | #371 | 334 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #452 | 216 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #452 | 218 |
| 1946 | — | #458 | 192 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #501 | 142 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 | #499 | 147 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #455 | 191 |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | #548 | 126 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #499 | 136 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #532 | 121 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #488 | 139 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #586 | 100 |
| 1937 | — | #598 | 94 | |
| 1936 | — | #660 | 79 | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #858 | 53 |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #749 | 67 |
| 1933 | — | #895 | 48 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | — | #887 | 52 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,237 | 32 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,480 | 25 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #1,905 | 17 |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Monty! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Monty
- 270 spots since 2024 (#1,809 → #1,539)
- 853 spots since 2020 (#2,392 → #1,539)
- 989 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #1,539)
- Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1931 (#1,151 → #887)
- Biggest drop: 109 spots in 1935 (#749 → #858)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1961 at #339 (539 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1931–1983
- Highest: 1 in 3,941 boys born in 1961 were named Monty (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,251 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Monty (4,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,310 |
| 1910s | 81 | #1,849 (1916) | #2,414 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,237 (1929) | #2,005 |
| 1930s | 715 | #488 (1939) | #784 |
| 1940s | 1,823 | #371 (1949) | #477 |
| 1950s | 3,817 | #349 (1957) | #371 |
| 1960s | 4,172 | #339 (1961) | #385 |
| 1970s | 2,029 | #451 (1970) | #603 |
| 1980s | 812 | #816 (1980) | #1,069 |
| 1990s | 492 | #1,435 (1990) | #1,851 |
| 2000s | 351 | #2,320 (2009) | #3,022 |
| 2010s | 388 | #2,421 (2019) | #3,080 |
| 2020s | 487 | #1,539 (2025) | #1,950 |
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.
Monty in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 291,357 of them was named Monty, which outranked 24.4% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,362Yvett7
- #6,362Zadie7
- #6,362Zerlina7
- #7,070Monty6
- #7,070Aaronette6
- #7,070Abril6
- #7,070Adrean6
- #7,995Abigal5
- #7,995Abigale5
- #7,995Abigayle5
Tied with 924 names at #7,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 5,631 of them was named Monty, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).