Boys' name · peaked in 1950
Monte name popularity since 1925
23,286 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Monte (3.1% girls, 96.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Monte is about 64 years old in 2026. Monte peaked in 1950 as the #296 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,286
- Named Monte, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,473 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.9% boys
- 720 girls · 22,566 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 6.72× its national share
Peak year is the year Monte made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Monte births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1956. Measured as a share of all babies, Monte peaked in 1950.
- Steepest fall: Between 1938 and 1943, Monte's share of baby boys fell by 50%, from 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 8,350.
- Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, it became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 9,680 baby boys to 1 in 3,380.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Monte's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Monte.
Decade by decade
Babies named Monte in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 37 | 476 | – |
| 1930s | 128 | 1,728 | #446 |
| 1940s | 157 | 2,396 | #508 |
| 1950s | 156 | 5,482 | #316 |
| 1960s | 110 | 4,938 | #349 |
| 1970s | 80 | 2,782 | #492 |
| 1980s | 33 | 1,242 | #855 |
| 1990s | 5 | 997 | #1,230 |
| 2000s | 0 | 816 | #2,052 |
| 2010s | 0 | 916 | #1,529 |
| 2020–25 | 14 | 793 | #1,473 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.2% of babies named Monte from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Monte is most popular
The index compares Monte's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Monte.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 6.72× | 381 |
| Idaho | 6.03× | 432 |
| South Dakota | 5.81× | 333 |
| Nebraska | 4.36× | 550 |
| Oklahoma | 3.56× | 834 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Monte's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Monte.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Monte (1950).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data