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Monty

Gender
Boy
Say it
MON-tee
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#297 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,539 for boys

Monty is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “hill, mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 297th for boys in the UK (169 babies) and 1,539th for boys in the US (112 babies).

What does Monty mean?

French: short form of the Norman surnames Montgomery and Montague

“hill, mountain”

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, the British Second World War commander, was known as Monty.

Is Monty a girl's or a boy's name?

Monty is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 169 boys in the UK and 112 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Monty in the UK?

Rank in 2025
297th among boys
Babies in 2025
169 about 1 in 1,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 169 boys in the UK were named Monty, making it the 297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 277th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 193 boys.

Half of all the boys named Monty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 180 boys in the UK were given Monty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #296, up from #297 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 269th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 193 in 20172025
Monty in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025169#297
2024153#325
2023147#334
2022157#323
2021188#283
2020186#277
2019168#320
2018157#337
2017193#296
2016143#368
2015153#344
2014130#369
2013111#420
2012138#357
2011110#398
2010128#363
2009116#380
2008104#399
2007113#357
200677#463
200569#463
200448#592
200334#700
200228#750
200123#818
200015#1,057
19998#1,582
199812#1,180
19976#1,853
19968#1,506

How popular is Monty in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,539th among boys
Babies in 2025
112 about 1 in 15,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 102% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 112 boys in the US were named Monty, making it the 1,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,391st. Its busiest year was 1961, with 539 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Monty than any year since 1980.

Half of all the boys named Monty in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 233 boys in the US were given Monty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #903, up from #1,539 for this spelling alone.

1900Busiest: 539 in 19612025
Monty in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025112#1,539
202490#1,809
202385#1,868
202271#2,093
202174#1,999
202055#2,391
201955#2,420
201832#3,442
201736#3,192
201645#2,688
201549#2,527
201443#2,752
201333#3,263
201232#3,368
201123#4,219
201040#2,913
200956#2,319
200837#3,101
200742#2,810
200638#2,931
200534#3,018
200421#4,124
200334#2,843
200229#3,091
200127#3,223
200033#2,731
199937#2,395
199834#2,504
199743#2,057
199646#1,929
199550#1,753
199447#1,817
199355#1,615
199258#1,520
199161#1,446
199061#1,430
198965#1,357
198874#1,170
198753#1,377
198667#1,152
198579#1,032
198478#1,008
198385#956
198294#920
1981101#886
1980116#816
1979120#789
1978129#747
1977139#723
1976156#655
1975182#601
1974186#584
1973222#526
1972265#482
1971300#471
1970330#451
1969296#451
1968302#437
1967325#422
1966412#374
1965419#378
1964451#368
1963459#369
1962489#359
1961539#339
1960480#356
1959496#350
1958472#351
1957465#349
1956384#383
1955353#382
1954358#372
1953295#403
1952331#372
1951321#378
1950342#364
1949334#371
1948216#452
1947218#452
1946192#458
1945142#501
1944147#499
1943191#455
1942126#548
1941136#499
1940121#532
1939139#488
1938100#586
193794#598
193679#660
193553#858
193467#749
193348#895
193246#963
193152#887
193037#1,151
192932#1,237
192825#1,480
192724#1,561
192612#2,435
192516#2,011
192415#2,132
192313#2,330
192213#2,346
192116#2,058
192012#2,458
191911#2,510
191817#1,904
19177#3,216
191616#1,848
19156#3,391
19148#2,456
19138#2,091
19128#1,884
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19005#1,309

Names like Monty

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Bobby, Tommy, Teddy, Rudy, Lenny, Toby, Ronnie, Joey, Sonny, Reggie, Frankie, Robin

Other spellings of Monty

Monte

Names related to Monty

Montae, Monti, Montay, Monta

More French names

Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Monty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/monty, updated 20 October 2026.