Montae
Masculine · “Latin mons”
Mont means a hill, and it is hiding all over the American name stock. Montana, Montel, Montgomery, Monte and Montae all open on a Latin word for a mountain that arrived through French.
How old is the name Montae?
Montae first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Montae alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 700 people named Montae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Montae most popular?
Montae peaked in 1991, reaching #2989 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 7,706 places below that high. See the whole 1991 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mons to Montae
The story of Montae
French place names beginning with Mont came to England with the Normans and became surnames: Montgomery is a place in Calvados named for a man called Gomeric, Montague is a pointed hill, Montfort a strong hill. Those surnames became American given names, and the opening syllable then detached and joined the workshop, giving Monte, Montell, Montez and Montae. Montana came by a different route, from the Spanish and Latin word for mountainous, chosen for the territory in 1864 by a congressman who liked the sound of it, and it has since become a girl's name in its own right. The whole family therefore traces to one Latin noun that English never borrowed directly.
Meaningscholars disagree
Latin mons, a mountain
Montae is an American spelling in the Monte and Montay family, built on the mont element from Latin mons, a mountain, through French. The -ae ending writes the ay sound. The peak is 1991.
How the name formed
- mons
- Monte
- Montae
Related forms: Monte · Montay
Pronouncing Montae
MON-tay
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some say mon-TAY with the stress at the end; both readings occur.
Nicknames for Montae
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
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 200831 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2989reached in 1991
- Change vs 2024
- −66.7%6 in 2025, from 18
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.
Montae in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Monte in English — spelling variant
- Montay in English — spelling variant
Montaes among us
people named Montae are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Montae
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 Theodoros test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Montae's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Theodoros climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Theodoros's path sketches the road Montae is walking now.
Montae 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
Montae beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Montae in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Monte and Mo are two ready short forms.
- Two syllables with a clear opening.
- The Latin element behind it is documented.
- Two stress patterns are in use.
- The ae spelling will be queried.
- The 1991 peak dates it closely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Montaes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Montae are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Montae in 2025?
- Montae ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Montae?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Montae — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Montae with classmates?
- Montae will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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