Montserrat

Where Montserrat comes from

Montserrat hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1933
    Montserrat Caballé born
    Spanish operatic soprano
  2. 1942
    Montserrat Figueras born
    Catalan soprano singer
  3. 1963
    First appearance
    #6,592 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2014
    Peak, #572
    534 babies named Montserrat — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,046.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Montserrat Caballé · Spanish operatic soprano, 1933–2018
  • Montserrat Figueras · Catalan soprano singer, 1942–2011
  • Montserrat Roig · Spanish journalist and writer, 1946–1991
  • Montserrat Carulla · Spanish actress, 1930–2020
  • Montserrat González · Paraguayan tennis player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.