Spellings
Monte or Monty?
In the US in 2025, 52% of babies in this name family were spelled Monte and 48% Monty. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Monte already led in 2015, with 69% of the family's births; it has 52% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 157 to 233 births (+48%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte | 108 | 121 | +12% |
| Monty | 49 | 112 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈmɑnti/ (MON-tee). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Monte 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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