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Montez

#4,812 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Montez has been given to 3,942 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #4,812 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 110 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 81% boys, 19% girls all-time.

Babies named Montez, 2025

1 in 158,000

Montez over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Montez over time

In 2025, Montez went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19072025

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.

Montez: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Montez means

Montez is a given name.

The naming story behind Montez

Wikidata records Montez as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98270745, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,205 boys were recorded with the name Montez between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 110 in 1991; its best national rank was #1,030 in 1991.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,112 in 2020 to #4,812 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,512 in 2015 to #4,812 in 2025.

In the United States, 737 girls were recorded with the name Montez between 1907 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 27 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,585 in 1917.

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.

How common is Montez?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 81,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,812
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Montez sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

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

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Montez. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Montezs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Montez was born before 1995 — so the typical Montez is around 30 today.

Median birth year
1995
About 30 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
26.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
37.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,205
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 26.6% of all recorded uses (854).

Is Montez 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
−2,033
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,700
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,300
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.1%
Peak was 1991 (110)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,030
1991

Spellings of Montez

Montez is not the most common spelling — Monte is, with 27.7% against Montez's 3.8%.

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 Montez is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Montez was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 60,637 across all states with data. It was least common in Mississippi (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 33,333
  2. 2Michigan1 in 33,333
  3. 3Alabama1 in 50,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 50,000
  5. 5Missouri1 in 50,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 50,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 50,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 50,000

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. Montez has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Montez is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Montez was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 301,306 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 50,000
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Mississippi1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 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. Montez has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Montez

People whose public names include Montez, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Montez by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,812
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,700
Best rank ever
#1,030
1991
Peak year
1991
110 that year
First recorded
1953
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,205
Count in 2025
21

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,585
1917
Peak year
1924
27 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
1992
All-time count
737
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Montez

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

MontelMontanaMartezMontaeMonroeMontrellMontieMontrelMontyDontezMonicaMontrezCortezMontrealKortezMonicoMonteMontiMontellMontreMontgomeryMontayMonnieMonta

Names with a curve like Montez

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Montez, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MontrellJovonTerronJameelRashardDontayNikolausLamarcusRashaunTaronTarekJeron

Sibling names for Montez

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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