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.

Montell

#5,182 most common boys' name of all time · #12,858 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2024

Rank among boys
#5,182
Rank overall
#12,858 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
881
Since 2016
64
Peak year
1995 #1,321
Best rank
#1,321 1995
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
192019401960198020002020

Montell first appears in 1914. 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
2024 — 8 8 #9,079
2023 — 6 6 #10,939
2021 — 7 7 #9,810
2020 — 10 10 #7,574
2019 — 7 7 #9,848
2018 — 6 6 #10,866
2017 — 14 14 #6,090
2016 — 6 6 #10,866
2015 — 7 7 #9,673
2014 — 13 13 #6,351
2013 — 6 6 #10,823
2012 — 5 5 #12,398
2011 — 8 8 #8,841
2010 — 12 12 #6,739
2009 — 11 11 #7,286
2008 — 9 9 #8,388
2007 — 8 8 #8,994
2006 — 10 10 #7,494
2005 — 8 8 #8,398
2004 — 11 11 #6,583
2003 — 8 8 #7,938
2002 — 15 15 #4,957
2001 — 16 16 #4,702
2000 — 23 23 #3,555
1999 — 29 29 #2,883
1998 — 36 36 #2,408
1997 — 34 34 #2,407
1996 — 44 44 #1,996
1995 — 79 79 #1,321
1994 — 18 18 #3,637
1993 — 27 27 #2,655
1992 — 28 28 #2,550
1991 — 16 16 #3,673
1990 — 15 15 #3,823
1989 — 14 14 #3,857
1988 — 13 13 #3,763
1987 — 9 9 #4,670
1986 — 10 10 #4,200
1985 — 17 17 #2,866
1984 — 17 17 #2,742
1983 — 6 6 #5,654
1982 — 10 10 #4,043
1981 — 13 13 #3,280
1980 — 5 5 #6,445
1979 — 13 13 #3,237
1978 — 18 18 #2,507
1977 — 11 11 #3,465
1976 — 19 19 #2,364
1975 — 12 12 #3,137
1974 — 9 9 #3,656
1973 — 19 19 #2,169
1972 — 11 11 #3,057
1971 — 8 8 #3,759
1970 — 11 11 #2,976
1969 — 6 6 #4,101
1968 — 9 9 #2,992
1967 — 5 5 #4,182
1966 — 5 5 #4,171
1959 — 5 5 #4,230
1956 — 6 6 #3,711
1950 — 7 7 #3,208
1949 — 5 5 #3,948
1944 — 6 6 #3,308
1927 — 5 5 #4,464
1919 — 5 5 #4,440
1917 — 7 7 #3,422
1914 — 5 5 #3,676