# Monty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/monty/  
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 | 15,629 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,350 / 279 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,049, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | 6,446 |
| 1956 | 9 | 4,372 |
| 1957 | 10 | 4,110 |
| 1960 | 6 | 6,174 |
| 1961 | 12 | 3,939 |
| 1962 | 8 | 5,156 |
| 1963 | 15 | 3,430 |
| 1964 | 9 | 4,882 |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,864 |
| 1968 | 7 | 6,047 |
| 1969 | 5 | 8,262 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,676 |
| 1972 | 9 | 5,781 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,654 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,840 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,312 |
| 2012 | 32 | 3,428 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,319 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,790 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,553 |
| 2016 | 45 | 2,713 |
| 2017 | 36 | 3,233 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,495 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,453 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2,410 |
| 2021 | 74 | 2,022 |
| 2022 | 71 | 2,110 |
| 2023 | 85 | 1,873 |
| 2024 | 90 | 1,815 |
| 2025 | 112 | 1,543 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 371 |
| 2012 | 135 | 329 |
| 2013 | 108 | 375 |
| 2014 | 128 | 345 |
| 2015 | 152 | 305 |
| 2016 | 143 | 331 |
| 2017 | 191 | 272 |
| 2018 | 155 | 307 |
| 2019 | 166 | 293 |
| 2020 | 179 | 261 |
| 2021 | 187 | 253 |
| 2022 | 155 | 290 |
| 2023 | 140 | 317 |
| 2024 | 153 | 294 |
| 2025 | 169 | 269 |

## People named Monty

- Monty Woolley, American actor (1888–1963)
- Monty Norman, British composer (1928–2022)
- Monty Hall, Canadian radio and television show host (1921-2017)
- Monty Williams, American basketball coach
- Monty Oum, American animator
- Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (1873-1940)
- Monty Don, British writer, broadcaster, gardener and farmer
- Monty Panesar, English cricketer
- Monty Waters, American jazz musician (1938–2008)
- Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler and former professional bull rider

## 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.