Meaning not yet researched.
Monty: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 112 in 2025. Its best rank was #340 in 1961.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #340 in 1961; #1,543 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Monty in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,543 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1961, at #340.
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Monty: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 112 boys in 2025. Peak: #340 in 1961 · most boys in one year: 539 (1961).
In 2025, 112 US boys were named Monty, making it the 1,543rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 272 places from #1,815 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 90 boys named Monty in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #340, reached in 1961. That year also had the most boys given the name: 539. For comparison, it was #2,553 in 2015 and #367 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Monty in 115 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 5 babies. In all, 15,629 US babies have been given the name, 1.8% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 4,241 babies named Monty.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 655 US boys were named Monty; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 112. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,251 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Monty ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #674 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Montgomery (6,248 babies since 1880) and Montie (2,630 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Monti, Montague and Montia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lamont.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Monti (592), Montague (382), Montia (179), Montey (80), Montee (79), Montea (10).
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.
Monty is listed as a nickname for Lamont, Monte, Montgomery.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 43 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6 | #674 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #824 | — |
| Washington | 6 | #960 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,070 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,373 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,687 | — |
| Texas | 7 | #2,219 | #2,049 |
| California | 5 | #2,683 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 112 | #1,543 |
| 2024 | — | — | 90 | #1,815 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,840 | 85 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | — | — | 71 | #2,110 |
| 2021 | — | — | 74 | #2,022 |
| 2020 | — | — | 55 | #2,410 |
| 2019 | — | — | 55 | #2,453 |
| 2018 | — | — | 32 | #3,495 |
| 2017 | — | — | 36 | #3,233 |
| 2016 | — | — | 45 | #2,713 |
| 2015 | — | — | 49 | #2,553 |
| 2014 | — | — | 43 | #2,790 |
| 2013 | — | — | 33 | #3,319 |
| 2012 | — | — | 32 | #3,428 |
| 2011 | — | — | 23 | #4,312 |
| 2010 | — | — | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2009 | — | — | 56 | #2,342 |
| 2008 | — | — | 37 | #3,146 |
| 2007 | — | — | 42 | #2,853 |
| 2006 | — | — | 38 | #2,964 |
| 2005 | — | — | 34 | #3,065 |
| 2004 | — | — | 21 | #4,213 |
| 2003 | — | — | 34 | #2,906 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,160 |
| 2001 | — | — | 27 | #3,294 |
| 2000 | — | — | 33 | #2,784 |
| 1999 | — | — | 37 | #2,442 |
| 1998 | — | — | 34 | #2,540 |
| 1997 | — | — | 43 | #2,083 |
| 1996 | — | — | 46 | #1,953 |
| 1995 | — | — | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1994 | — | — | 47 | #1,845 |
| 1993 | — | — | 55 | #1,632 |
| 1992 | — | — | 58 | #1,540 |
| 1991 | — | — | 61 | #1,462 |
| 1990 | — | — | 61 | #1,446 |
| 1989 | — | — | 65 | #1,367 |
| 1988 | — | — | 74 | #1,175 |
| 1987 | — | — | 53 | #1,396 |
| 1986 | — | — | 67 | #1,159 |
| 1985 | — | — | 79 | #1,040 |
| 1984 | — | — | 78 | #1,010 |
| 1983 | — | — | 85 | #962 |
| 1982 | — | — | 94 | #926 |
| 1981 | — | — | 101 | #888 |
| 1980 | — | — | 116 | #817 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,654 | 120 | #792 |
| 1978 | — | — | 129 | #748 |
| 1977 | — | — | 139 | #724 |
| 1976 | — | — | 156 | #657 |
| 1975 | — | — | 182 | #602 |
| 1974 | — | — | 186 | #584 |
| 1973 | — | — | 222 | #527 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,781 | 265 | #483 |
| 1971 | — | — | 300 | #471 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,676 | 330 | #452 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,262 | 296 | #451 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,047 | 302 | #439 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,864 | 325 | #422 |
| 1966 | — | — | 412 | #374 |
| 1965 | — | — | 419 | #380 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,882 | 451 | #368 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,430 | 459 | #369 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,156 | 489 | #359 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,939 | 539 | #340 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,174 | 480 | #356 |
| 1959 | — | — | 496 | #350 |
| 1958 | — | — | 472 | #351 |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,110 | 465 | #349 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,372 | 384 | #384 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,446 | 353 | #383 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,188 | 358 | #373 |
| 1953 | 9 | #4,142 | 295 | #405 |
| 1952 | — | — | 331 | #374 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,776 | 321 | #379 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,607 | 342 | #367 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,811 | 334 | #371 |
| 1948 | 6 | #5,082 | 216 | #454 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,645 | 218 | #453 |
| 1946 | — | — | 192 | #458 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,391 | 142 | #502 |
| 1944 | 10 | #3,093 | 147 | #500 |
| 1943 | 5 | #5,155 | 191 | #455 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,361 | 126 | #549 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,178 | 136 | #503 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,528 | 121 | #534 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,740 | 139 | #489 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,194 | 100 | #588 |
| 1937 | — | — | 94 | #598 |
| 1936 | — | — | 79 | #666 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,352 | 53 | #865 |
| 1934 | 6 | #4,151 | 67 | #750 |
| 1933 | — | — | 48 | #902 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,269 | 46 | #975 |
| 1931 | — | — | 52 | #897 |
| 1930 | — | — | 37 | #1,168 |
| 1929 | — | — | 32 | #1,259 |
| 1928 | — | — | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1927 | — | — | 24 | #1,587 |
| 1926 | — | — | 12 | #2,515 |
| 1925 | — | — | 16 | #2,055 |
| 1924 | — | — | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,409 |
| 1922 | — | — | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1921 | — | — | 16 | #2,123 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,527 | 12 | #2,555 |
| 1919 | — | — | 11 | #2,615 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,355 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1917 | — | — | 7 | #3,452 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,916 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,701 |
| 1914 | — | — | 8 | #2,577 |
| 1913 | — | — | 8 | #2,206 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #1,998 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,437 |
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).