Montagu

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Montagu: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Montagu: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #2,901, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2901highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2003	#3467
2010	#4678
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#4747
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2018	#3959
2020	#3848
2021	#3451
2022	#4001
2023	#4991
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2901 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Montagu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Montagu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	25	7 of 10	4
2020s	20	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Montagu appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998.

Montagu's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,901, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2013Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Mons · #163, 49y
Montague · #657, 29y
Montana · #717, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amaana · #2901, 15y
Callie-Rae · #2901, 10y
Connie-Rose · #2901, 15y
Horace · #2901, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Horace · #2901, 14y
Lamisa · #2901, 17y
Saavan · #2901, 13y
Avigail · #2895, 13y

Montagu and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Montagu without appearing here.

Montagu moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Montagu

Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #2228.

Moved the opposite way to Montagu

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Montagu

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Montagu went from #2901 to #4270 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2901 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Montagu

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Montagu at a glance

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