Name profile

Monte

Either a diminutive of Montgomery and other names beginning with Mont, or from the Spanish or Italian vocabulary word meaning "mountain".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈmɑn.ti/; British English /ˈmɒn.ti/
Usage languagesArmenian, English
US rank (2025)#1,466

Meaning and history

Either a diminutive of Montgomery and other names beginning with Mont, or derived from the Spanish or Italian word meaning “mountain,” Monte is also used as an Armenian name in honor of the Armenian-American revolutionary Monte Melkonian (1957–1993).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 91 births, rank #1,596
2007: 85 births, rank #1,741
2008: 90 births, rank #1,692
2009: 80 births, rank #1,839
2010: 92 births, rank #1,677
20112011: 80 births, rank #1,795
2012: 74 births, rank #1,923
2013: 84 births, rank #1,733
2014: 89 births, rank #1,701
2015: 108 births, rank #1,523
20162016: 110 births, rank #1,522
2017: 78 births, rank #1,871
2018: 85 births, rank #1,792
2019: 116 births, rank #1,479
2020: 114 births, rank #1,489
20212021: 150 births, rank #1,267
2022: 159 births, rank #1,237
2023: 122 births, rank #1,473
2024: 127 births, rank #1,432
20252025: 121 births, rank #1,466

Monte moved from #873 to #906 for boys between 1988 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1956, with 623 births.