Recorded 1900–2025 · United States
Monty was most popular in 1961, when 551 American babies were given the name — ranking #737 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,277, with 112 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 15,629 people named Monty.
Monty first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1900, which makes it about 125 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 126 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 15,629 American births named Monty 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 11,582 are estimated to be alive today.
112 American babies were named Monty in 2025, ranking #3,277 that year.
Monty is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 87 births a year, against 36 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +143% 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 Monty is a boy’s name — 1.8% of the 15,629 Americans given it were girls and 98.2% 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 11,582 Americans named Monty are alive today — 74% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 61 years old, and half are between 50 and 69.
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