Names/M

Montreal

boys’ nameFallingCompare

Montreal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
100.00% of boys
Peak year
199050 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1969
1,108people given the name
Babies named Montreal, by year of birthboys
01325385018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,108 boys have been named Montreal in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 50 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Montreal
1960s5
1970s146
1980s240
1990s335
2000s205
2010s137
2020s40

In 1990, its biggest year

Montreal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Montreal

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.