Montague

maleStatistical record

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

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

Montague: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #657 in 2018, and it stood at #1,758 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#657highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1257
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#1703
2001	#3134
2002	#2005
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#1246
2006	#1168
2007	#1201
2008	#894
2009	#972
2010	#1082
2011	#1342
2012	#1021
2013	#1116
2014	#1421
2015	#977
2016	#946
2017	#684
2018	#657
2019	#813
2020	#898
2021	#907
2022	#925
2023	#1018
2024	#1758

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #657 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Montague 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 Montague in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	145	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	313	10 of 10	31
2020s	141	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Montague 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 2018.

Montague'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1018	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#813	38	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#657	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#684	51	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#977	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1082	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#894	30	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #657, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,758position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
53births registered in its largest year, 201850 to 99 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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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.

Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Nathanial · #657, 29y
Abdurrahman · #659, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Boden · #657, 21y
Chaya · #657, 29y
Havana · #657, 27y
Marlo · #657, 20y

Montague was ranked #657 in England and Wales · Boys in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Montague 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 Montague without appearing here.

Montague moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1246 and #2754.
Nils Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2005 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3009.
Robyn Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3009.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1246 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1168 and #2538.

Moved ahead of Montague

Hudson Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #1889 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1202.
Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1703 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Cooper Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1257 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #1110.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1018 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Montague

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Montague went from #2020 to #1018 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Montague went from #2020 to #1018 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Montague went from #2020 to #1018 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Montague went from #2020 to #925 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #657 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Montague by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Montague at a glance

Montague by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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