Monta
Monta is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195226 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1891
- 1,399people given the name
The story in the numbers
907 girls have been named Monta in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 26 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 26 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1939, and the 1950s alone account for 19%.
Monta is used for both sexes: 35% of its bearers are boys (492), most of them born around 1978.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Monta | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 40 | |
| 1900s | 47 | |
| 1910s | 93 | |
| 1920s | 124 | |
| 1930s | 161 | |
| 1940s | 146 | |
| 1950s | 169 | |
| 1960s | 88 | |
| 1970s | 21 | |
| 1980s | 12 | |
| 1990s | 6 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Monta was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1952 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Susan. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Monta
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Annicepeak 1918
- Retapeak 1946
- Vetapeak 1916
- Pearlypeak 1924
- Freidapeak 1947
- Williapeak 1928
- Genniepeak 1928
- Arlettapeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.