Montez
Montez is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 46 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 460.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1991110 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1953
- 3,920people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,183 boys have been named Montez in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 110 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 27%.
Montez is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are girls (737), most of them born around 1924.
By decade
In 1991, its biggest year
Montez was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Montez
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Christonpeak 1998
- Kendalepeak 1996
- Quanpeak 1995
- Leandrepeak 1991
- Octaviouspeak 1992
- Montrealpeak 1990
- Johnathanpeak 1990
- Montrellpeak 2006
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.