boys:
873 births since 1914
#3714 (19th percentile)
overall:
873 births since 1914
#6866 (11th percentile)
The name Montell is the #6,866 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 873 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,714 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 873 births since 1914.
Montell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for boys in 1914). Birth data for Montell is available in 66 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Montell reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 9.3% percentile (ranked #726) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 39 births per million (ranked 9.3% percentile). Despite a low point around 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Montell ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Montell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Montell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.8% confident that Montell is pronounced as mahn-TEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHN-tehl, at 29.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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