Monserrate

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Variant of Montserrat

Monserrate has been given to 157 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1959, with 9 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Monserrate, 2004

1 in 764,000

Monserrate over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Monserrate over time

In 2004, Monserrate went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Monserrate: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Montserrat

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Monserrate means

Monserrate is a variant of Montserrat.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Monserrate is used in Spanish (Latin American).

Another recorded pronunciation is /mon.se.ˈra.te/ for Monserrate.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Monserrate → Montserrat. The family’s meaning is “hill + jagged”, recorded in Spanish with the source elements mont and serrat.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Montserrat.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 123 girls were recorded with the name Monserrate between 1953 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1959; its best national rank was #4,528 in 1959.

In the United States, 34 boys were recorded with the name Monserrate between 1958 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1963; its best national rank was #3,554 in 1963.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Monserrate?

Monserrate had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only: 1 in 367,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,591 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Monserrate sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,591 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Monserrate. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Monserrates were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Monserrate was born before 1965 — so the typical Monserrate is around 60 today.

Median birth year: 1965; About 60 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 46.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 22.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 123; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 46.3% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Monserrate rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1959 (9)
Years since peak: 66; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,528; 1959

Spellings of Monserrate

Monserrate is not the most common spelling — Monserrat is, with 51.3% against Monserrate's 0.78%.

Monserrat51.3%8,070
Montserrat36.1%5,669
Monserrath8.2%1,296
Monzerrat3.6%564
Monserrate0.78%123

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Monserrate is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Monserrate was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 227,389 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Monserrate has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Monserrate is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Monserrate was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 832,740 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Monserrate has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Monserrate by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,528; 1959
Peak year: 1959; 9 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 2004
All-time count: 123
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,554; 1963
Peak year: 1963; 7 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 1974
All-time count: 34
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Monserrate

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Monserrate

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

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