Curtis vs Montgomery
Curtis and Montgomerycompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2025, Curtis was ranked #1035 and Montgomery #578 among boys in England and Wales.
Curtis and Montgomery over time
Curtis and Montgomery appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Curtis held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Montgomery in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Curtis reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Montgomery in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Longest-running competitions
Curtis and Montgomery were both ranked in England and Wales · Boys for 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, ending at #1035 and #578.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025
Curtis held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Montgomery in 12.
Highest recorded here: Curtis #78 in 1996, Montgomery #362 in 2012.
The order changed in 2017: Montgomery moved ahead. In 2016 they stood at #401 and #426; by 2017 that had become #517 and #381.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Curtis #1035, Montgomery #578.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Curtis | Montgomery |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Boys #829 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #578 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 64/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Curtis has 2 syllables, compared with 4 for Montgomery.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Curtis
Popularity journey
First recorded1990
First recorded at #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2022
Highest recorded position: #44 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1035 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Montgomery
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #362 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #578 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys