Montray — boys' name
204 babies named Montray in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Montray was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Montray in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Montray
The Social Security Administration has registered 204 babies named Montray between 1972 and 2017, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Montray currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Montray performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Montray shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Montray in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Montray 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 204 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.
Montray at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Montray popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1972
- Peak year (1990)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
204 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 14 births in a single year.
Montray by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 107 births that decade — 52% of Montray's all-time total
Montray decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Montray's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Montray by state
Where Montray concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 204 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.