Boys' name · since 1980
Montavius
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 366 babies named Montavius, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 366
- total births
- 1980–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
Montavius sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 366 recorded since 1980.
Montavius has 366 recorded births among boys since 1980, 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 1980 to 2022.
- 366 total births
- 1980–2022 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
366 boys have been named Montavius since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 366
- total births
- 1980–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Montavius was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Montavius in 1994 - its busiest year on record.
Montavius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Montavius's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Montavius at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Montavius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2022
- Peak year (1994)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2022.
366 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 22 births in a single year.
Montavius by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Montavius's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Montavius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 168 births (46% of all-time use).
Montavius decade highlights
- Peak decade 168 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Montavius by state
Where Montavius concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
Top 5 states
- Georgia 24.0% of nationwide
- Tennessee 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 24.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Montavius's data
- Montavius's decade-level peak was the 1990s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Montaviuss (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1980–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Montavius: Baby Name Since 1980 - 366 Births, Peak 1994." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/montavius. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Montavius 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 June 2026.
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