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How popular is the name Montagu?
Births per year, rank history and how many Montagus are alive today.
Montagu (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Montague in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2954th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Montague you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Montagues born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 730 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Montague - on average, only one in every 416 such rooms contains a Montague.
How many babies are named Montagu each year?
Includes all spellings: Montagu, Montague. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Montagu spelling rank?
Where does the Montague spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Montagu most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Montague, peaked in 2018, when 57 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Montagu spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Montagu?
At least 730 people named Montagu in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Montagu?
Most living Montagus are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 8.
Is Montagu becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.