NameTides

Monty

Monty was the #1,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (112 babies), and #269 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Monty as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Monty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Monty as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,539 (112)#269 (169)—#676 (4)#1,804 (11)
2024#1,809 (90)#294 (153)——#1,246 (18)
2023#1,868 (85)#317 (140)#435 (7)#770 (3)#1,592 (12)
2022#2,094 (71)#290 (155)——#1,759 (10)
2021#2,000 (74)#253 (187)——#1,478 (13)
2020#2,392 (55)#261 (179)#426 (7)—#1,595 (11)
2019#2,421 (55)#293 (166)——#1,998 (8)
2018#3,446 (32)#307 (155)——#1,836 (9)
2017#3,193 (36)#272 (191)——#2,439 (6)
2016#2,689 (45)#331 (143)——#2,428 (6)
2015#2,528 (49)#305 (152)———
2014#2,754 (43)#345 (128)———
2013#3,265 (33)#375 (108)#687 (3)——
2012#3,371 (32)#329 (135)#669 (3)—#2,666 (5)
2011#4,221 (23)#371 (108)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1961 at #339.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2023, 6% of US babies named Monty were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Monty is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Monty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: #621UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,080TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Monty (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MontyCanadaBoys#1,80411
MontyEngland & WalesBoys#269169
MontyIrelandBoys#6764
MontyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MontyScotlandBoys—too few
MontyUSGirls—too few
MontyUSBoys#1,539112