Montel
Montel was the 7520th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 849th with 162 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 978 places. More babies were named Montel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,520 boys, down 1,003 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1995162 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,560babies recorded
Montel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,520 | 11 |
| 2020 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2010 | #11,729 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,163 | 47 |
| 1990 | #5,676 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,318 | 7 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Montel, counting every spelling?
Montel is the most common spelling of a name family that had 11 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 11 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montel | 11 | #7,520 | 45 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Montel?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Montel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Montel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Montel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Montel?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Montel are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 27 and 34. That makes Montel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Montel: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Montel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Montel
How popular is the name Montel?
Montel was the 7520th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 849th with 162 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 978 places. More babies were named Montel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Montel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Montel in the US.