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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Montez

Montez was the 4813th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1036th with 110 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,300 places. More babies were named Montez in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,813 boys, down 1,700 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
21boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1991110 babies
Total since 1880
3,942babies recorded

Montez popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#4,813—21
2020—#3,113—37
2010—#2,311—56
2000—#1,737—65
1990—#1,126—92
1980—#1,463—43
1970—#1,779—25
1960#5,045—8—
1950#5,864—5—
1940#3,750—7—
1930#2,179—16—
1920#2,051—19—
1910————
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1890————
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How popular is Montez, counting every spelling?

Montez has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Montez?

21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Montez (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Montez 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 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Montez.

Chance of another Montez in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Montez?

About 3,100 people born in the US named Montez are alive today, with a median age of 30; half are between 18 and 39. That makes Montez mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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 Montez: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Montez, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Montez

How popular is the name Montez?

Montez was the 4813th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 1036th with 110 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,300 places. More babies were named Montez in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Montez a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Montez in the US.