Fun Facts About the Name Montserrat
- More than 5 thousand babies named Montserrat: U.S. records list 5,668 babies given the name Montserrat from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Montserrat Mean?
Montserrat is a Catalan name meaning "jagged mountain" or "serrated mountain." It comes from Catalan mont "mountain" and serrat "jagged, saw-toothed," a derivative of serra "saw." The name comes first from the mountain of Montserrat in Catalonia, Spain, whose rocky profile suggested the image of a saw. As a personal name, it is a Marian name: it refers to the Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Montserrat, the venerated image at the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat. The literal place-name meaning and the religious title are related but not identical; the devotional use comes from the shrine rather than from a separate word meaning.
Montserrat Name History & Origins
The place name Montserrat is attached to the mountain and to the Benedictine monastery founded there in the 11th century. Its Romanesque image of the Virgin - a Black Madonna - became the center of a major pilgrimage. From that devotion, Montserrat entered use as a feminine given name in Catalan-speaking regions, where it is traditionally shortened to Montse or Mont. Spanish speakers also use the full name, and it appears in Latin America through Spanish and Catalan migration.
The name is also attached to the Caribbean island of Montserrat, which Christopher Columbus named in 1493 after the Virgin of Montserrat. The island's name is a place-name tribute to the same shrine; it does not represent a separate origin of the personal name. The island is a British Overseas Territory, so its name preserves the devotional reference in the Caribbean.
How Popular is the Name Montserrat?
Montserrat recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2014. Its best rank was #574 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,377 | 160 | 0.0100% |
| 2024 | #1,465 | 149 | 0.0092% |
| 2023 | #1,341 | 169 | 0.0105% |
| 2022 | #1,351 | 173 | 0.0106% |
| 2021 | #1,428 | 151 | 0.0092% |
| 2020 | #1,179 | 197 | 0.0122% |
| 2019 | #1,207 | 194 | 0.0116% |
| 2018 | #1,056 | 243 | 0.0143% |
| 2017 | #1,050 | 246 | 0.0143% |
| 2016 | #810 | 352 | 0.0199% |
| 2015 | #654 | 440 | 0.0247% |
| 2014 | #574 | 534 | 0.0299% |
| 2013 | #1,151 | 209 | 0.0119% |
| 2012 | #1,083 | 230 | 0.0131% |
| 2011 | #1,331 | 175 | 0.0099% |
| 2010 | #1,730 | 121 | 0.0068% |
| 2009 | #1,672 | 134 | 0.0073% |
| 2008 | #1,261 | 199 | 0.0105% |
| 2007 | #1,524 | 152 | 0.0079% |
| 2006 | #1,458 | 153 | 0.0080% |
| 2005 | #1,031 | 235 | 0.0127% |
| 2004 | #1,321 | 162 | 0.0088% |
| 2003 | #1,525 | 128 | 0.0070% |
| 2002 | #1,242 | 161 | 0.0090% |
| 2001 | #1,284 | 153 | 0.0085% |
| 2000 | #1,501 | 123 | 0.0068% |
| 1999 | #2,363 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 1998 | #3,894 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #3,018 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #4,279 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #3,138 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #6,550 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #6,164 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #4,635 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #7,255 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #7,165 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #9,350 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,544 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #10,781 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,536 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #11,391 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #11,520 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #9,144 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #7,303 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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