Monty

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Monty: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Monty: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #253 in 2021, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#253highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1761
1998	#1110
1999	#1505
2000	#1002
2001	#751
2002	#691
2003	#642
2004	#541
2005	#421
2006	#433
2007	#342
2008	#368
2009	#343
2010	#337
2011	#371
2012	#329
2013	#375
2014	#345
2015	#305
2016	#331
2017	#272
2018	#307
2019	#293
2020	#261
2021	#253
2022	#290
2023	#317
2024	#294

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #317 among boys in England and Wales, #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #253 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Monty appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,880 births with the name.

Monty across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Monty's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#253 (2021)	#294 (2024)	29 of 29	2,880 (1996–2024)	191 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#770 (2023)	#676 (2025)	#676 (2025)	2 of 3	7 (2023–2025)	4 (2025)

Monty by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Monty in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	619	10 of 10	62
2010s	1,413	10 of 10	141
2020sbusiest	814	5 of 10	163

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 163 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 48, from 143 to 191.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Monty appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #253 in England and Wales in 2021.

Monty's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#294	153	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#317	140	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#290	155	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#253	187	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#261	179	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#293	166	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#307	155	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#272	191	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#331	143	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#305	152	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#345	128	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#375	108	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#329	135	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#371	108	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#337	127	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#343	115	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#368	102	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#342	109	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#433	76	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#421	69	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#541	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#642	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#691	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #253, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 191 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Derry · #253, 31y
Chantal · #252, 32y
Favour · #254, 25y
Medina · #254, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brea · #253, 21y
Jaydon · #253, 29y
Katie-Louise · #253, 21y
Codi · #254, 29y

Monty was ranked #253 in England and Wales · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Monty and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Monty without appearing here.

Monty moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1505 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #2501.
Mathias Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #2859.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1002 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #751 and #1595.
Kelly Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1761 and #1454 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #751 and #1467.

Moved ahead of Monty

Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #371 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #329 and #238.
Cooper Compare
In 2010 they stood at #337 and #364 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #371 and #284.
Hudson Compare
In 2011 they stood at #371 and #401 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #329 and #277.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #368 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #343 and #311.

Moved the opposite way to Monty

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Monty

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Monty went from #1458 to #294 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #253 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Monty

Monty at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Monty across 2 official records

Monty by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Monty across 2 official records

Monty by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Names published alongside Monty

Monty and the names beside it

Monty moved ahead of

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