Unisex name · since 1959
Montrice
208 babies named Montrice in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
208 girls have been named Montrice since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Montrice has 208 recorded births among girls since 1959, 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 1959 to 2003.
- #19,433 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 208 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Montrice ranks #19,433 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,433 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 208
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Montrice's 208 recorded births place it above 73.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Montrice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Montrice's full recorded timeline at 1983, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1976 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Montrice popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2003
- Peak year (1976)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Montrice popularity over time - boys
88 total births recorded since 1970 (Montrice as boys' name)
Montrice by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (64 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Montrice's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Montrice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 64 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Montrice's data
- Montrice's decade-level peak was the 1970s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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 Montrice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1959–2003 (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 Montrice 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.