Montel

#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births

Peak · boys
1995 · 162 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,560
since 1950

Montel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Montel has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #847, 1995boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,19411
2024#10,9386
2023#8,2559
2022#6,82812
2021#9,7147
2020#6,29613
2019#6,77712
2018#4,73920
2017#5,52616
2016#6,72612
2015#8,0409
2014#7,56210
2013#5,17117
2012#7,55910
2011#8,0799
2010#10,7666
2009#8,3109
2008#11,0376
2007#7,09411
2006#6,46012
2005#6,22612
2004#4,42119
2003#5,55813
2002#4,18819
2001#3,32126
2000#2,13647
1999#1,87952
1998#1,48874
1997#1,34583
1996#990126
1995#847162
1994#1,23188
1993#889144
1992#892140
1991#2,05236
1990#5,3829
1989#2,69023
1988#2,86019
1987#2,83818
1986#3,26814
1985#2,82817
1984#3,45912
1983#4,9077
1982#3,48212
1981#4,5098
1980#4,9407
1979#3,56911
1978#5,0596
1977#3,20312
1976#2,41718
1975#2,90213
1974#4,1907
1973#2,71613
1972#2,65913
1971#2,81312
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1969#2,54912
1968#2,73510
1967#2,7609
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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.

Where Montel is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #896 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,378 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #664 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,413 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedINOhio: #796 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,668 boysOHPennsylvania: #869 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 13,199 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,084 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 49,117 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #824 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,402 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedLAMississippi: #414 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,494 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Montel, so not publishedTXFlorida: #977 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,268 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#414 · 1 in 2,494
  2. Michigan#664 · 1 in 7,413
  3. Ohio#796 · 1 in 11,668
  4. North Carolina#824 · 1 in 9,402
  5. Pennsylvania#869 · 1 in 13,199

Best ever in a state: #300 in Arkansas, 1995.

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Mississippi#41461 in 2,494
Michigan#66481 in 7,413
Ohio#79661 in 11,668
North Carolina#82451 in 9,402
Pennsylvania#86951 in 13,199
Illinois#89671 in 11,378
Florida#97771 in 12,268
California#2,08451 in 49,117
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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 Montel
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s15#3,681 (1950)#3,887
1960s36#2,549 (1969)#3,021
1970s105#2,417 (1976)#3,281
1980s137#2,690 (1989)#3,578
1990s914#847 (1995)#1,700
2000s174#2,136 (2000)#5,875
2010s121#4,739 (2018)#7,095
2020s58#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.

Montel in 1997

boys
#1,345
83 births · 1 in 22,713 boys

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,345Montel83
More about 1997

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 22,713 of them was named Montel, which outranked 87.6% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Montel
  1. #1,333Michel84
  2. #1,333Montez84
  3. #1,333Valentino84
  4. #1,345Montel83
  5. #1,345Ameer83
  6. #1,345Asante83
  7. #1,345Matthias83
  8. #1,350Bradlee82
  9. #1,350Braulio82
  10. #1,350Cheyenne82

Tied with 4 names at #1,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →