Girls' name · since 1968
Montica
37 babies named Montica in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 37 have been recorded since 1968.
Montica has 37 recorded births among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1994.
- #38,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montica ranks #38,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #38,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montica's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Montica splits its recorded history at 1972: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Montica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1994
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Montica by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 51% of the file).
1970s was Montica's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Montica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Montica's decade-level peak was the 1970s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Montica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1968–1994 (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 Montica 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.