Demonte
Masculine
Demonte joins an American prefix to a Latin word for a mountain, and the join reads like an Italian or Spanish surname: Del Monte and Delmonte are real family names formed exactly that way. The American name was built by ear rather than from the grammar, and it arrives in the same place.
How old is the name Demonte?
Demonte first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Demonte alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 2,400 people named Demonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Demonte most popular?
Demonte peaked in 1994, reaching #958 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 4,087 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Demonte
The De- prefix has been building American names since the middle of the twentieth century, and its second halves are drawn from wherever a family's ear takes them: Deandre from Andre, Demarco from Marco, Demonte from Monte. Monte was already in American use as a name, and the resulting compound happens to reproduce an Italian surname pattern exactly. That kind of accident is common in prefix naming and worth noticing: the method is old, even where the individual name is new.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound is not documented as a given name. Monte is genuine: Latin mons, montis, a mountain, which gives Italian and Spanish monte. The De- prefix in American naming is a syllable rather than the Romance particle meaning of or from, though the resemblance is very close.
Pronouncing Demonte
duh-MON-tay
Three syllables, stress in the middle, the last said TAY. Some families say duh-MONT with two, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Demonte
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 1994132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #958reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- −13.6%19 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Demonte in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Del Monte in Italian — related form
- Delmonte in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Demontes among us
people named Demonte are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Demonte
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dimitrios test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Demonte's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dimitrios climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dimitrios's path sketches the road Demonte is walking now.
Demonte sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Demonte beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Demonte in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Monte works as a short form and is a complete name with its own history.
- The rhythm is clear and carries well when the name is called.
- Every sound in it is familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Demonte, DeMonte and Demontae are all in use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- The ending is said two ways, TAY and TONT, and the spelling settles neither.
- It is read as an Italian surname by some, which is not how it was built.
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Frequently asked
- How many Demontes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Demonte are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Demonte in 2025?
- Demonte ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Demonte?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Demonte — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Demonte with classmates?
- Demonte will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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