Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Montel

#3,642 most common boys' name of all time · #8,884 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2025

Rank among boys
#3,642
Rank overall
#8,884 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
1,560
Since 2016
118
Peak year
1995 #850
Best rank
#850 1995
Girls Boys peak 162/yr
1960198020002020

Montel first appears in 1950. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 11 11 #7,284
2024 — 6 6 #11,142
2023 — 9 9 #8,384
2022 — 12 12 #6,911
2021 — 7 7 #9,891
2020 — 13 13 #6,352
2019 — 12 12 #6,852
2018 — 20 20 #4,789
2017 — 16 16 #5,588
2016 — 12 12 #6,800
2015 — 9 9 #8,184
2014 — 10 10 #7,685
2013 — 17 17 #5,221
2012 — 10 10 #7,673
2011 — 9 9 #8,194
2010 — 6 6 #10,996
2009 — 9 9 #8,438
2008 — 6 6 #11,278
2007 — 11 11 #7,202
2006 — 12 12 #6,563
2005 — 12 12 #6,316
2004 — 19 19 #4,471
2003 — 13 13 #5,634
2002 — 19 19 #4,220
2001 — 26 26 #3,345
2000 — 47 47 #2,152
1999 — 52 52 #1,889
1998 — 74 74 #1,495
1997 — 83 83 #1,347
1996 — 126 126 #995
1995 — 162 162 #850
1994 — 88 88 #1,237
1993 — 144 144 #892
1992 — 140 140 #895
1991 — 36 36 #2,074
1990 — 9 9 #5,521
1989 — 23 23 #2,728
1988 — 19 19 #2,908
1987 — 18 18 #2,895
1986 — 14 14 #3,347
1985 — 17 17 #2,885
1984 — 12 12 #3,575
1983 — 7 7 #5,114
1982 — 12 12 #3,587
1981 — 8 8 #4,706
1980 — 7 7 #5,185
1979 — 11 11 #3,700
1978 — 6 6 #5,351
1977 — 12 12 #3,308
1976 — 18 18 #2,471
1975 — 13 13 #3,001
1974 — 7 7 #4,423
1973 — 13 13 #2,810
1972 — 13 13 #2,761
1971 — 12 12 #2,926
1969 — 12 12 #2,660
1968 — 10 10 #2,874
1967 — 9 9 #2,925
1964 — 5 5 #4,443
1959 — 5 5 #4,451
1957 — 5 5 #4,434
1950 — 5 5 #4,179