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Montel

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Montel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 849th, in 1995.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
60.00% of boys
Peak year
1995162 births
Best rank
#849in 1995
Since 1950
1,549people given the name
Babies named Montel, by year of birthboys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,549 boys have been named Montel in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1995, with 162 births.

The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 162 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 59%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Montel
1950s15
1960s36
1970s105
1980s137
1990s914
2000s174
2010s121
2020s47

In 1995, its biggest year

Montel was the 849th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1995 were Michael, Matthew, Christopher, Jacob and Joshua. See all of 1995.

Names that rose and fell with Montel

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.