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
Showing
- 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
boys
Rank among boys' names. Monty has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1900
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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1961 at #339 (539 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1931–1983
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,941
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 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 1980
boys
#816
116 births · 1 in 15,379 boys
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 15,379 of them was named Monty, which outranked 88.8% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).