Montel

Where Montel comes from

Montel hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #3,681 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Montel Williams born
    American television host and actor
  3. 1992
    Montel Jackson born
    American mixed martial arts fighter
  4. 1995
    Peak, #847
    162 babies named Montel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,488.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Montel Williams · American television host and actor, born 1956
  • Montel Jackson · American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.