Montague

Boys' name

Sharp mountain

Montague has been given to 382 babies in the U.S. since 1915. 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 1915, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Montague, 2024

1 in 557,000

Montague over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Montague: meaning, origin, and history

Sharp mountain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Montague means

Montague means “sharp mountain”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Montague is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑn.tə.ˌɡju/ and /ˈmɒn.tə.ˌɡjuː/ for Montague.

Origin, language, and formation

Montague is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Montague is pronounced /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 382 boys were recorded with the name Montague between 1915 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1915; its best national rank was #2,034 in 1915.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Montague?

Montague had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Montague sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Montague. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Montagues were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Montague was born before 1967 — so the typical Montague is around 58 today.

Median birth year: 1967; About 58 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 19.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 235; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 19.4% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Montague 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 1915 (14)
Years since peak: 110; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,034; 1915

Spellings of Montague

Montague is not the most common spelling — Montae is, with 64.2% against Montague's 35.8%.

Montae64.2%686
Montague35.8%382

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.

Montague around the world

Where Montague ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#1,307
in 2025
South Australia
1947–2009
#708
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Montague by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,034; 1915
Peak year: 1915; 14 that year
First recorded: 1915
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 382
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Montague

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

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Sibling names for Montague

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

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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