Montell
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 79 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 881since 1914
Montell over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Montell has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #2,865 | 29 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #1,319 | 79 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #2,532 | 28 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #2,329 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
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| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #4,168 | 5 |
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| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
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| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Montell! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Montell is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Montell in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
81 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1995 at #1,319 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,097
- Highest: 1 in 24,097 boys born in 1995 were named Montell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 37.0% of all boys named Montell (326) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,550 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,210 (1927) | #4,210 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,109 (1944) | #3,400 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,021 (1950) | #3,515 |
| 1960s | 25 | #2,907 (1968) | #3,689 |
| 1970s | 131 | #2,124 (1973) | #2,966 |
| 1980s | 114 | #2,706 (1984) | #4,067 |
| 1990s | 326 | #1,319 (1995) | #2,714 |
| 2000s | 119 | #3,536 (2000) | #6,768 |
| 2010s | 84 | #6,060 (2017) | #9,166 |
| 2020s | 31 | #7,502 (2020) | #9,256 |
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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