Is Monta a boy or girl name?

Monta is a unisex name. Of the 1,399 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 64.8% were girls and 35.2% were boys. It changed hands in 1980, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Monta

Recorded 1891–2020 · United States

Monta was most popular in 1980, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,723 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,399 people named Monta.

Monta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Monta’s peak in 1980. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Monta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Monta is a unisex name — 64.8% of the 1,399 Americans given it were girls and 35.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1980 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org