# Monte (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/monte/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,988 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,160 / 828 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 110, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5 | 9,170 |
| 1972 | 13 | 4,453 |
| 1973 | 15 | 4,097 |
| 1974 | 8 | 6,649 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,689 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,408 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,763 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,742 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,863 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,800 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,199 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,781 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,911 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,832 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 1,804 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,933 |
| 2013 | 84 | 1,748 |
| 2014 | 89 | 1,712 |
| 2015 | 108 | 1,529 |
| 2016 | 110 | 1,529 |
| 2017 | 78 | 1,877 |
| 2018 | 85 | 1,804 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1,484 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,494 |
| 2021 | 150 | 1,270 |
| 2022 | 159 | 1,240 |
| 2023 | 122 | 1,476 |
| 2024 | 127 | 1,434 |
| 2025 | 121 | 1,473 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Monte

- Monte Blue, American actor (1887–1963)
- Monte Hellman, American film director, film producer and film editor (1932–2021)
- Monté Morris, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Monte Markham, American actor
- Monte Hale, American actor, country singer (1919-2009)
- Monte Cook, American writer and game designer
- Monte Montague, actor (1891-1959)
- Monte Collins, American silent film actor
- Monte Landis, American actor
- Monte Towe, American basketball player and coach
- Monte Pittman, American musician
- Tree Rollins, American basketball player-coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.