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