Monta
- Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778
- Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Given to girls 64.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 907since 1891
Monta over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #8,079 | 9 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,314 | 9 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,046 | 18 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five girls were named Monta! It came in at #1,093, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Monta is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Monta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1891 at #1,093 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,877
- Highest: 1 in 25,877 girls born in 1898 were named Monta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,626 girls born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,093 in 1891, was only 1 in 26,497 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 18.6% of all girls named Monta (169) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,300 |
| 1900s | 47 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,774 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,672 (1915) | #2,355 |
| 1920s | 124 | #2,284 (1928) | #2,711 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,481 (1934) | #2,067 |
| 1940s | 146 | #1,993 (1945) | #2,512 |
| 1950s | 169 | #1,978 (1952) | #2,849 |
| 1960s | 88 | #3,212 (1960) | #5,105 |
| 1970s | 21 | #5,776 (1974) | #7,365 |
| 1980s | 12 | #8,178 (1980) | #9,227 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,778 (1994) | #11,778 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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