Montez
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 81.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 110 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,205since 1953
Montez over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,750 | 47 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,347 | 35 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,021 | 40 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,074 | 37 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,993 | 40 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,708 | 29 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,440 | 32 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,486 | 50 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,661 | 45 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,492 | 49 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,551 | 48 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,284 | 56 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,039 | 68 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,117 | 64 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,102 | 62 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,206 | 54 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,055 | 55 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,792 | 64 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,725 | 65 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,477 | 77 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,558 | 68 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,333 | 84 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,500 | 67 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,194 | 94 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,312 | 79 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,152 | 95 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | — | #1,030 | 110 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,117 | 92 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,109 | 91 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,130 | 78 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,088 | 78 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,102 | 72 |
| 1985 | — | #1,290 | 55 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #1,365 | 48 |
| 1983 | — | #1,059 | 70 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,342 | 49 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,373 | 47 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,449 | 43 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | — | #1,515 | 37 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,502 | 36 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,335 | 41 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,680 | 27 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | — | #1,743 | 25 | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #1,788 | 20 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #2,764 | 9 | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Montez! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Montez is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#523 · 1 in 4,684
- Michigan#529 · 1 in 5,391
- Virginia#568 · 1 in 5,514
- North Carolina#657 · 1 in 6,715
- Illinois#759 · 1 in 8,850
Best ever in a state: #287 in Kentucky, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #523 | 6 | 1 in 4,684 |
| Michigan | #529 | 11 | 1 in 5,391 |
| Virginia | #568 | 7 | 1 in 5,514 |
| North Carolina | #657 | 7 | 1 in 6,715 |
| Illinois | #759 | 9 | 1 in 8,850 |
| Ohio | #879 | 5 | 1 in 14,002 |
| Georgia | #933 | 5 | 1 in 10,037 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Montez
- 1,957 spots since 2024 (#2,750 → #4,707)
- 1,633 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #4,707)
- 2,221 spots since 2015 (#2,486 → #4,707)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1991 at #1,030 (110 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,367 boys born in 1991 were named Montez (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.6% of all boys named Montez (854) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1964, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 19 | #2,764 (1955) | #3,517 |
| 1960s | 87 | #1,788 (1968) | #2,495 |
| 1970s | 347 | #1,322 (1975) | #1,541 |
| 1980s | 631 | #1,059 (1983) | #1,231 |
| 1990s | 854 | #1,030 (1991) | #1,286 |
| 2000s | 608 | #1,725 (2000) | #2,019 |
| 2010s | 441 | #2,284 (2011) | #2,806 |
| 2020s | 218 | #2,750 (2024) | #3,342 |
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.
Montez in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
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1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 22,442 of them was named Montez, which outranked 87.7% 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).
- #1,326Johnson85
- #1,326Lawson85
- #1,326Zayne85
- #1,333Montez84
- #1,333Armon84
- #1,333Brevin84
- #1,333Dedrick84
- #1,345Ameer83
- #1,345Asante83
- #1,345Matthias83
Tied with 11 names at #1,333; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.