Montel
#7,516 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Montel has been given to 1,560 babies in the U.S. since 1950. In 2025 it ranked #7,516 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 162 recorded.
Babies named Montel, 2025
1 in 301,000
Montel over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Montel?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 155,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #7,516
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Montel sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Montel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Montels were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Montel was born before 1995 — so the typical Montel is around 30 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 58.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 19.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,560
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 58.6% of all recorded uses (914).
Is Montel 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
- +4,374
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,003
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +977
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.22×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 6.8%
- Peak was 1995 (162)
- Years since peak
- 30
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 35.9% average annual change
Spellings of Montel
Montel is not the most common spelling — Manuel is, with 70.2% against Montel's 0.57%.
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 Montel is used
Across 1910–2025, Montel was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 237,393 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in 100,000
- 2Illinois1 in 100,000
- 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 4Michigan1 in 100,000
- 5Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 6North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 7Ohio1 in 100,000
- 8South Carolina1 in 100,000
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. Montel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Montel around the world
Where Montel 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 & Wales1996–2020#4,608in 2020
- South Australia1999–1999#539in 1999
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Montel by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Montel
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Montel
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.