Montez
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mon-TEZ
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Montez is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “mountains”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Montez mean?
Spanish: variant of the Spanish surname Montes
“mountains”
The 19th-century dancer Lola Montez took it as a stage name; she was Irish-born Eliza Gilbert.
Is Montez a girl's or a boy's name?
Montez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Montez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Montez, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 1991, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
2025 had fewer boys named Montez than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Montez in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 33% of the babies named Montez in the US in 1969, and 5% in 1992.
Montez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 45 | #2,659 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 56 | #2,283 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,051 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 60 | #1,837 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 77 | #1,474 |
| 1998 | 68 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,330 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 94 | #1,190 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,308 |
| 1993 | 95 | #1,148 |
| 1992 | 88 | #1,183 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,024 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,113 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,105 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,087 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,101 |
| 1985 | 55 | #1,289 |
| 1984 | 48 | #1,364 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1981 | 47 | #1,373 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,449 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 41 | #1,335 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 25 | #1,742 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
Names like Montez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marquez, Cortez, Cruz, Marco, Miguel, Josue, Luis, Pablo, Diego, Marcus, Luca, Juancarlos
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Montez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montez, updated 20 October 2026.