# Montague (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/montague/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɒntəɡjuː/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 382 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 382 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 647, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 7 | 5,890 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,707 |
| 1991 | 8 | 6,331 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,690 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,914 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,380 |
| 2010 | 5 | 13,629 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,582 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,564 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,493 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,538 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,444 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,840 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,441 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,893 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 30 | 977 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 53 | 657 |
| 2019 | 38 | 813 |
| 2020 | 32 | 898 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 33 | 925 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Montague

- Annie Montague Alexander, American paleontologist, zoologist, botanist and philanthropist (1867-1950)
- Montague Summers, British writer (1880-1948)
- Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington, British politician and baron (1917–2001)
- M. R. James, 20th century British author, medievalist scholar and provost (1862–1936)
- Eddy Grant, British singer
- Ronn Moss, American actor and musician
- Montagu Toller, English cricketer (1871-1948)
- Augustus Toplady, British hymn writer, Anglican cleric (1740–1778)
- Guy Green, Australian judge and Governor of Tasmania (1937–2025)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.