Montreal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mon-tree-AWL
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Montreal is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “royal mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Montreal mean?
French: from the Canadian city, named after Mont Royal
“royal mountain”
Named after the Canadian city, which takes its name from Mount Royal, the hill at its centre.
Is Montreal a girl's or a boy's name?
Montreal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Montreal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Montreal, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1990, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer boys named Montreal than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Montreal in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Montreal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 42 | #1,983 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 27 | #1,943 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Nicknames for Montreal
- Monty 169 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Montreal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miguel, Marquez, Marco, Marcelo, Osvaldo, Rodrigo, Diego, Josue, Juancarlos, Marcus, Miguelangel, Pablo
Names related to Montreal
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Montreal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montreal, updated 20 October 2026.