Boys' name · since 1989
Montero
Montero has 49 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
49 boys have been named Montero since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Montero has 49 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2002.
- #22,353 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 49 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montero ranks #22,353 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,353 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 49
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Montero's 49 recorded births place it above 50.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montero's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montero's full recorded timeline at 1999, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montero popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2002
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Montero by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Montero's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Montero births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (47% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Montero: 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 (~13 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, 1989–2002 (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 Montero 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.