girls:
737 births since 1907
#4979 (13th percentile)
boys:
3.1k births since 1953
#2234 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1907
#4419 (43rd percentile)
The name Montez is the #4,419 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,873 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 42.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,234 (51.3% percentile) for all time with 3,136 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #4,979 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 737 births since 1907.
Montez first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for girls and 1953 for boys). Birth data for Montez is available in 113 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (64 years for boys and 62 years for girls). 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.
The name Montez has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Montez were boys. Interestingly, until around 1965, the name was more popular for girls (94.9% girls from 1907 to 1964), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.9% boys from 1965 to 2023).
For boys, Montez reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 13.7% percentile (ranked #656) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 52 births per million (ranked 13.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Montez ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 36.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Montez reached its peak popularity in 1924, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #588) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1917, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Montez".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Montez. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.2% confident that Montez is pronounced as mahn-TAYZ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mahn-TEHZ, at 23.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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