Montoya

Boy · recorded 1969–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Montoya.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

061219691979198919982008

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 15 recorded years as a table
Montoya, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19693
19713
19726
19738
19749
19754
19763
19775
197812
19804
19824
19833
19963
20053
20082

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Montoya isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
5
Rank in 2008
#12,553
How rare
1 in 408,030 boys
Since 1969
119

Montoya was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Montoya doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.