Montserrat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mont-seh-RAHT
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,373 for girls
Montserrat is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “serrated mountain”. In 2025 it ranked 1,373rd for girls in the US (160 babies).
What does Montserrat mean?
Latin: Catalan place name, from Latin mons serratus
“serrated mountain”
From the saw-toothed mountain near Barcelona; the Catalan soprano Montserrat Caballé was a famous bearer.
Is Montserrat a girl's or a boy's name?
Montserrat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 160 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Montserrat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,373among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 160about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 160 girls in the US were named Montserrat, making it the 1,373rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,177th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 534 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Montserrat in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Montserrat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 160 | #1,373 |
| 2024 | 150 | #1,457 |
| 2023 | 169 | #1,339 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,350 |
| 2021 | 151 | #1,426 |
| 2020 | 197 | #1,177 |
| 2019 | 194 | #1,203 |
| 2018 | 243 | #1,053 |
| 2017 | 246 | #1,046 |
| 2016 | 352 | #808 |
| 2015 | 440 | #653 |
| 2014 | 534 | #572 |
| 2013 | 209 | #1,148 |
| 2012 | 230 | #1,080 |
| 2011 | 175 | #1,329 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 134 | #1,660 |
| 2008 | 199 | #1,259 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,517 |
| 2006 | 153 | #1,454 |
| 2005 | 235 | #1,030 |
| 2004 | 162 | #1,313 |
| 2003 | 128 | #1,521 |
| 2002 | 161 | #1,239 |
| 2001 | 153 | #1,281 |
| 2000 | 123 | #1,489 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Nicknames for Montserrat
- Montse
Names like Montserrat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Monserrat Ximena Solana Dulce Marigold Lucero Alora Sol Lucia Esme Mariana Cielo
Names related to Montserrat
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Montserrat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/montserrat, updated 20 October 2026.