girls:
279 births since 1918
#5437 (5th percentile)
boys:
15.1k births since 1900
#949 (79th percentile)
overall:
15.4k births since 1900
#2103 (73rd percentile)
The name Monty is the #2,103 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,426 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 72.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #949 (79.3% percentile) for all time with 15,147 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #5,437 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 279 births since 1918.
Monty first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Monty is available in 113 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (113 years for boys and 35 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 Monty has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.4% of babies named Monty were boys.
For boys, Monty reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 51.1% percentile (ranked #326) with 250 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 250 births per million (ranked 51.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Monty ranks #832 for boys (8.7% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 18.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Monty reached its peak popularity in 1951, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #689) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1940, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Monty ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Monty".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Monty. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.5% confident that Monty is pronounced as MAHN-tee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAWN-tee, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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