Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Monte was most popular in 1957, when 634 American babies were given the name — ranking #657 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 23,988 people named Monte.
Monte first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 135 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 23,988 American births named Monte between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 16,931 are estimated to be alive today.
121 American babies were named Monte in 2025, ranking #3,107 that year.
Monte is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 139 births a year, against 87 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +59% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Monte is a boy’s name — 3.5% of the 23,988 Americans given it were girls and 96.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% 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.
Roughly 16,931 Americans named Monte are alive today — 71% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 60 years old, and half are between 43 and 70.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org