Meaning not yet researched.
Montez: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 21 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,036 in 1991.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,036 in 1991; #4,813 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Montez in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,813 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1991, at #1,036.
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Montez: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 21 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,036 in 1991 · most boys in one year: 110 (1991).
In 2025, 21 US boys were named Montez, making it the 4,813th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2,034 places from #2,779 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 47 boys named Montez in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,036, reached in 1991. That year also had the most boys given the name: 110. For comparison, it was #2,513 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Montez in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,585, reached in 1917. The most girls given the name in a single year was 27, in 1924. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #5,864 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Montez in 115 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1907 with 7 babies. In all, 3,942 US babies have been given the name, 19% of them girls and 81% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 859 babies named Montez.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 355 US boys were named Montez; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 47. In 2025 that was about 1 in 81,337 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Muntaz, Monteze and Montaz are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Muntaz (78), Monteze (16), Montaz (16), Montese (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Montez in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 21 | #4,813 |
| 2024 | — | — | 47 | #2,779 |
| 2023 | — | — | 35 | #3,396 |
| 2022 | — | — | 38 | #3,198 |
| 2021 | — | — | 40 | #3,059 |
| 2020 | — | — | 37 | #3,113 |
| 2019 | — | — | 40 | #3,036 |
| 2018 | — | — | 29 | #3,762 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,495 |
| 2016 | — | — | 36 | #3,202 |
| 2015 | — | — | 50 | #2,513 |
| 2014 | — | — | 45 | #2,692 |
| 2013 | — | — | 49 | #2,513 |
| 2012 | — | — | 48 | #2,580 |
| 2011 | — | — | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2010 | — | — | 56 | #2,311 |
| 2009 | — | — | 56 | #2,341 |
| 2008 | — | — | 68 | #2,051 |
| 2007 | — | — | 64 | #2,131 |
| 2006 | — | — | 62 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | — | — | 54 | #2,227 |
| 2004 | — | — | 60 | #2,016 |
| 2003 | — | — | 55 | #2,072 |
| 2002 | — | — | 64 | #1,808 |
| 2001 | — | — | 60 | #1,860 |
| 2000 | — | — | 65 | #1,737 |
| 1999 | — | — | 77 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | — | — | 68 | #1,568 |
| 1997 | — | — | 84 | #1,343 |
| 1996 | — | — | 67 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | — | — | 94 | #1,199 |
| 1994 | — | — | 79 | #1,318 |
| 1993 | — | — | 95 | #1,153 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,756 | 88 | #1,193 |
| 1991 | — | — | 110 | #1,036 |
| 1990 | — | — | 92 | #1,126 |
| 1989 | — | — | 91 | #1,111 |
| 1988 | — | — | 78 | #1,138 |
| 1987 | — | — | 78 | #1,091 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,226 | 72 | #1,109 |
| 1985 | — | — | 55 | #1,298 |
| 1984 | 5 | #11,565 | 48 | #1,379 |
| 1983 | — | — | 70 | #1,065 |
| 1982 | — | — | 49 | #1,352 |
| 1981 | — | — | 47 | #1,387 |
| 1980 | — | — | 43 | #1,463 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,108 | 32 | #1,775 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,834 | 43 | #1,428 |
| 1977 | — | — | 37 | #1,531 |
| 1976 | — | — | 36 | #1,528 |
| 1975 | — | — | 43 | #1,334 |
| 1974 | — | — | 41 | #1,346 |
| 1973 | — | — | 39 | #1,342 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,911 | 27 | #1,710 |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,171 | 24 | #1,850 |
| 1970 | — | — | 25 | #1,779 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,935 | 20 | #1,898 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,758 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,863 | 10 | #2,719 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,416 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,167 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,530 | — | — |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,368 | 9 | #2,994 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,223 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,158 | — | — |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,045 | — | — |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,530 | 5 | #4,381 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,898 | — | — |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,840 | — | — |
| 1955 | — | — | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,544 | — | — |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,269 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,717 | — | — |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,913 | — | — |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,864 | — | — |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,792 | — | — |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,385 | — | — |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,161 | — | — |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,389 | — | — |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,593 | — | — |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,416 | — | — |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,791 | — | — |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,750 | — | — |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,874 | — | — |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,689 | — | — |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,278 | — | — |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,664 | — | — |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,075 | — | — |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,818 | — | — |
| 1933 | 16 | #2,020 | — | — |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,616 | — | — |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,852 | — | — |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,179 | — | — |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,537 | — | — |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,070 | — | — |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,150 | — | — |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,734 | — | — |
| 1924 | 27 | #1,667 | — | — |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,241 | — | — |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,765 | — | — |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,095 | — | — |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,685 | — | — |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,939 | — | — |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,585 | — | — |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,003 | — | — |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,343 | — | — |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,793 | — | — |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,481 | — | — |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,551 | — | — |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,440 | — | — |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,794 | — | — |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,761 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).