Montreal comes from the French tradition, meaning Mount Royal.
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How popular is Montreal?
1990peak year
Today, Montreal is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #8108), with only about 10 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1990, 50 babies were given the name (ranked #1654 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Montreal's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 1,108 babies have been registered as Montreal since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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