Girls' name · since 1973
Montessa
Montessa has 23 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Montessa since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Montessa has 23 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1990.
- #44,263 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montessa ranks #44,263 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #44,263 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montessa's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Montessa's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Montessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1990
- Peak year (1975)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Montessa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 74% of the file).
1970s was Montessa's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Montessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Montessa's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1990s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Montessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1973–1990 (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 Montessa 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.