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
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 570 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 23,160since 1881
Monte over time
Rank among boys' names. Monte has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #1,466 | 121 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,432 | 127 |
| 2023 | — | #1,473 | 122 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,237 | 159 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,267 | 150 |
| 2020 | — | #1,489 | 114 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,479 | 116 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,792 | 85 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,871 | 78 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,522 | 110 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,523 | 108 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,701 | 89 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,733 | 84 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,923 | 74 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,795 | 80 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,677 | 92 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,839 | 80 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,692 | 90 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,741 | 85 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,596 | 91 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,035 | 61 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,542 | 86 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,466 | 89 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,557 | 79 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,677 | 69 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,429 | 86 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,457 | 79 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,246 | 97 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,182 | 101 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,292 | 85 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,221 | 90 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,113 | 103 |
| 1993 | — | #1,163 | 92 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,049 | 109 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,025 | 111 | |
| 1990 | — | #904 | 130 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,045 | 98 | |
| 1988 | — | #869 | 119 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #904 | 108 |
| 1986 | — | #821 | 122 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #852 | 112 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #793 | 121 |
| 1983 | — | #763 | 128 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #729 | 142 |
| 1981 | — | #741 | 138 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #700 | 154 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #708 | 147 |
| 1978 | — | #630 | 175 | |
| 1977 | — | #579 | 208 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #574 | 199 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #492 | 262 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #494 | 265 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #446 | 306 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #418 | 360 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #383 | 438 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #391 | 422 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #402 | 394 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #366 | 450 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #367 | 417 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #365 | 429 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #349 | 476 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #330 | 567 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | #324 | 592 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #326 | 581 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 | #331 | 563 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #362 | 469 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #359 | 475 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #330 | 544 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #305 | 617 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #296 | 623 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | #316 | 540 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #303 | 568 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 | #307 | 540 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #293 | 570 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #318 | 475 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #295 | 530 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #327 | 440 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #385 | 313 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 | #388 | 312 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #424 | 224 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 | #507 | 139 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #482 | 157 |
| 1943 | #2,558 | 13 | #473 | 171 |
| 1942 | #1,981 | 19 | #435 | 200 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #406 | 207 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | #373 | 233 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #380 | 224 |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | #344 | 264 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | #407 | 192 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #409 | 180 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | #446 | 164 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #462 | 148 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #461 | 145 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #487 | 139 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #512 | 126 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #490 | 146 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #599 | 102 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #629 | 96 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #619 | 102 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #712 | 80 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #649 | 96 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #1,076 | 44 |
| 1922 | — | #1,120 | 40 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | #1,388 | 19 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Monte is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#96 · 1 in 369
- North Dakota#97 · 1 in 473
- South Dakota#120 · 1 in 624
- Idaho#131 · 1 in 584
- Nebraska#157 · 1 in 1,154
Best ever in a state: #72 in Idaho, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #96 | 9 | 1 in 369 |
| North Dakota | #97 | 16 | 1 in 473 |
| South Dakota | #120 | 13 | 1 in 624 |
| Idaho | #131 | 13 | 1 in 584 |
| Nebraska | #157 | 14 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Kansas | #170 | 22 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Montana | #175 | 8 | 1 in 976 |
| Iowa | #190 | 19 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Oklahoma | #209 | 18 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Oregon | #215 | 11 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Colorado | #217 | 14 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Washington | #223 | 16 | 1 in 1,967 |
| Indiana | #250 | 20 | 1 in 2,740 |
| Wisconsin | #271 | 10 | 1 in 4,755 |
| Minnesota | #274 | 9 | 1 in 4,697 |
| New Mexico | #283 | 7 | 1 in 1,905 |
| Utah | #292 | 5 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Missouri | #302 | 14 | 1 in 3,518 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 10 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Illinois | #326 | 27 | 1 in 4,309 |
| Arizona | #337 | 6 | 1 in 2,693 |
| Michigan | #341 | 17 | 1 in 5,675 |
| Texas | #353 | 46 | 1 in 2,678 |
| California | #381 | 40 | 1 in 4,491 |
| Ohio | #382 | 15 | 1 in 7,555 |
| Florida | #414 | 10 | 1 in 5,369 |
| North Carolina | #436 | 8 | 1 in 6,580 |
| Tennessee | #444 | 5 | 1 in 7,972 |
| Pennsylvania | #455 | 10 | 1 in 12,174 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Monte
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1952 at #293 (570 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1924–1988
- 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
- 23.7% of all boys named Monte (5,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #866 (1881) | #937 |
| 1890s | 44 | #631 (1894) | #932 |
| 1900s | 70 | #596 (1901) | #1,025 |
| 1910s | 243 | #896 (1911) | #1,209 |
| 1920s | 698 | #599 (1929) | #853 |
| 1930s | 1,728 | #344 (1938) | #440 |
| 1940s | 2,396 | #327 (1949) | #420 |
| 1950s | 5,482 | #293 (1952) | #312 |
| 1960s | 4,938 | #324 (1963) | #352 |
| 1970s | 2,782 | #383 (1971) | #512 |
| 1980s | 1,242 | #700 (1980) | #822 |
| 1990s | 997 | #904 (1990) | #1,165 |
| 2000s | 816 | #1,429 (2000) | #1,657 |
| 2010s | 916 | #1,479 (2019) | #1,702 |
| 2020s | 793 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 202,346 of them was named Monte, which outranked 44.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,827Xiomara11
- #3,827Young11
- #3,827Zora11
- #4,031Monte10
- #4,031Al10
- #4,031Aleatha10
- #4,031Anastacia10
- #4,300Adair9
- #4,300Adrien9
- #4,300Aide9
Tied with 268 names at #4,031; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 4,494 of them was named Monte, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.