Boys' name · since 1984
Montavis
Montavis has 145 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,988 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Montavis sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 145 recorded since 1984.
Montavis has 145 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2011.
- #14,988 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 145 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montavis ranks #14,988 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,988 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 145
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Montavis's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montavis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montavis's full recorded timeline at 1998, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montavis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2011
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Montavis by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (78 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Montavis's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Montavis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 14
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 78 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Montavis's decade-level peak was the 1990s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Montavis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Montavis draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.