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Monta

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Mountain

Monta has been given to 1,399 babies in the U.S. since 1891. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1952, with 26 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% girls, 35% boys all-time.

Babies named Monta, 1994

1 in 619,000

Monta over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Monta over time

In 2020, Monta went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Monta: meaning, origin, and history

Mountain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Monta means

Monta means “mountain”, associated with mons.

Origin, language, and formation

Monta is used in Latvian.

Monta comes through Latin mons.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 907 girls were recorded with the name Monta between 1891 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 26 in 1952; its best national rank was #1,159 in 1898.

In the United States, 492 boys were recorded with the name Monta between 1919 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1978; its best national rank was #2,051 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Monta?

Monta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994
1 in 619,000
6 of 3,715,972 births
Among girls only
1 in 297,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1994
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
429,287 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Monta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 429,287 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Monta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Montas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Monta was born before 1939 — so the typical Monta is around 86 today.

Median birth year
1939
About 86 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
18.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
4.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
296
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1950s — 18.6% of all recorded uses (169).

Is Monta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1952 (26)
Years since peak
73
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
46.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,159
1898

Spellings of Monta

Monta is not the most common spelling — Donna is, with 46.9% against Monta's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Monta is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Monta was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,314,248 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Monta has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Monta is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Monta was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,810,419 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Monta has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Monta around the world

Where Monta ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2013
    #5,742
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Monta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,159
1898
Peak year
1952
26 that year
First recorded
1891
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
907
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,051
1978
Peak year
1978
24 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
492
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Monta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Monta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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