How popular is “Monty” in the USA?

Number of people named “Monty” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Monty” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Monty” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Monty” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Monty” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Monty” by birth year

This chart shows how “Monty” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1900	5	0.000011105		5	-100%
1912	8	0.000008097		8	-100%
1913	8	0.000007035		8	-100%
1914	8	0.000005648		8	-100%
1915	6	0.000003274		6	-100%
1916	16	0.000008271		16	-100%
1917	7	0.000003488		7	-100%
1918	22	0.000010133	5	17	-55%
1919	11	0.000005213		11	-100%
1920	17	0.000007513	5	12	-41%
1921	16	0.000006854		16	-100%
1922	13	0.000005679		13	-100%
1923	13	0.000005646		13	-100%
1924	15	0.000006298		15	-100%
1925	16	0.000006857		16	-100%
1926	12	0.000005227		12	-100%
1927	24	0.000010348		24	-100%
1928	25	0.000011057		25	-100%
1929	32	0.000014597		32	-100%
1930	37	0.000016642		37	-100%
1931	52	0.00002471		52	-100%
1932	52	0.000024629	6	46	-77%
1933	48	0.000024007		48	-100%
1934	73	0.00003515	6	67	-84%
1935	61	0.000029188	8	53	-74%
1936	79	0.000038025		79	-100%
1937	94	0.000044118		94	-100%
1938	106	0.000047908	6	100	-89%
1939	144	0.000065352	5	139	-93%
1940	133	0.000057759	12	121	-82%
1941	145	0.000059513	9	136	-88%
1942	135	0.000049418	9	126	-87%
1943	196	0.000069441	5	191	-95%
1944	157	0.000058363	10	147	-87%
1945	148	0.000055788	6	142	-92%
1946	192	0.000060088		192	-100%
1947	225	0.00006246	7	218	-94%
1948	222	0.000064301	6	216	-95%
1949	348	0.000099863	14	334	-92%
1950	349	0.000099619	7	342	-96%
1951	336	0.000091212	15	321	-91%
1952	331	0.000087151		331	-100%
1953	304	0.000078886	9	295	-94%
1954	367	0.000092195	9	358	-95%
1955	358	0.000089164	5	353	-97%
1956	393	0.000095318	9	384	-95%
1957	475	0.000113038	10	465	-96%
1958	472	0.000114178		472	-100%
1959	496	0.000119288		496	-100%
1960	487	0.000117242	6	481	-98%
1961	551	0.000133018	12	539	-96%
1962	497	0.000123161	8	489	-97%
1963	474	0.000119751	15	459	-94%
1964	460	0.000118325	9	451	-96%
1965	419	0.000115572		419	-100%
1966	412	0.000118539		412	-100%
1967	332	0.000097794	7	325	-96%
1968	309	0.000091463	7	302	-95%
1969	301	0.000086611	5	296	-97%
1970	336	0.000093165	6	330	-96%
1971	300	0.000087404		300	-100%
1972	274	0.000087178	9	265	-93%
1973	222	0.000073586		222	-100%
1974	186	0.000061184		186	-100%
1975	182	0.000060277		182	-100%
1976	156	0.000051412		156	-100%
1977	139	0.000043759		139	-100%
1978	129	0.000040644		129	-100%
1979	127	0.000038173	7	120	-89%
1980	117	0.000033967		117	-100%
1981	101	0.000029196		101	-100%
1982	94	0.000026796		94	-100%
1983	85	0.000024543		85	-100%
1984	78	0.000022358		78	-100%
1985	79	0.000022134		79	-100%
1986	67	0.000018836		67	-100%
1987	53	0.000014699		53	-100%
1988	74	0.000020027		74	-100%
1989	65	0.000016908		65	-100%
1990	61	0.000015433		61	-100%
1991	61	0.00001566		61	-100%
1992	58	0.000015099		58	-100%
1993	55	0.000014588		55	-100%
1994	47	0.000012642		47	-100%
1995	50	0.000013653		50	-100%
1996	46	0.000012612		46	-100%
1997	43	0.00001186		43	-100%
1998	34	0.000009244		34	-100%
1999	37	0.000010017		37	-100%
2000	33	0.00000873		33	-100%
2001	27	0.000007213		27	-100%
2002	29	0.000007758		29	-100%
2003	34	0.000008942		34	-100%
2004	21	0.000005496		21	-100%
2005	34	0.000008843		34	-100%
2006	38	0.000009605		38	-100%
2007	42	0.000010506		42	-100%
2008	37	0.000009413		37	-100%
2009	56	0.000014659		56	-100%
2010	40	0.000010823		40	-100%
2011	23	0.000006288		23	-100%
2012	32	0.000008749		32	-100%
2013	33	0.000009052		33	-100%
2014	43	0.000011602		43	-100%
2015	49	0.00001324		49	-100%
2016	45	0.000012266		45	-100%
2017	36	0.000010067		36	-100%
2018	32	0.000009102		32	-100%
2019	55	0.000015846		55	-100%
2020	55	0.000016464		55	-100%
2021	73	0.000021547		73	-100%
2022	71	0.000020986		71	-100%
2023	90	0.000027181	5	85	-89%
2024	89	0.000026739		89	-100%

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