Montel
#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 162 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,560since 1950
Montel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Montel has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #1,879 | 52 |
| 1998 | #1,488 | 74 |
| 1997 | #1,345 | 83 |
| 1996 | #990 | 126 |
| 1995 | #847 | 162 |
| 1994 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #889 | 144 |
| 1992 | #892 | 140 |
| 1991 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #2,838 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
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| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
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| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
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First appearance
1950
The first year at least five boys were named Montel! It came in at #3,681, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,744 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,194)
- 898 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #7,194)
- 846 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #7,194)
- Biggest jump: 1,160 spots in 1992 (#2,052 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1997 (#990 → #1,345)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1995 at #847 (162 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1992–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,751
- Highest: 1 in 11,751 boys born in 1995 were named Montel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 58.6% of all boys named Montel (914) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #3,681 (1950) | #3,887 |
| 1960s | 36 | #2,549 (1969) | #3,021 |
| 1970s | 105 | #2,417 (1976) | #3,281 |
| 1980s | 137 | #2,690 (1989) | #3,578 |
| 1990s | 914 | #847 (1995) | #1,700 |
| 2000s | 174 | #2,136 (2000) | #5,875 |
| 2010s | 121 | #4,739 (2018) | #7,095 |
| 2020s | 58 | #6,296 (2020) | #8,204 |
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.
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