first name
MONTY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,994 people named Monty, 81.9% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Monty peaked in 1961, when 551 babies got the name.
At least 15,629 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Monty by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #817. The largest share of babies named Monty, 46.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Monty is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Monty has been most common in Oklahoma (5×), Montana (3.4×), and Kansas (3.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.18×).
10,968 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Monty
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Monty, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Monty ranks #18,866 of 156,621, with 1,442 people. See Monty as a last name
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