Montel — #11070 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Montel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,549 babies named Montel between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Montel currently holds the #11070 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 162 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Montel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 914 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Montel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Montel in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Montel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,549 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.