Monserrath
Feminine · “serrated mountain”
Monserrath comes from Montserrat, a mountain outside Barcelona whose name describes exactly what it looks like — a serrated mountain, sawn into teeth.
How old is the name Monserrath?
Monserrath first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Monserrath alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 1,300 people named Monserrath are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Monserrath most popular?
Monserrath peaked in 2005, reaching #2278 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 1,697 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mont serrat to Monserrath
The story of Monserrath
The Benedictine abbey on Montserrat holds a black Madonna venerated since the twelfth century and is one of the great Catalan pilgrimage sites; the name became a women's name through her. Mexican and Central American naming took it up heavily, and Monserrath with an h at the end is a Spanish-language respelling that appears in American records with families from those countries.
Meaning
serrated mountain
From Catalan mont, a mountain, and serrat, sawn or serrated, on the word for a saw; the massif's conglomerate pillars genuinely look like teeth, and the name is a plain description of the skyline.
How the name formed
- mont serrat
- Montserrat
- Monserrath
Related forms: Montserrat · Monserrat
Pronouncing Monserrath
mon-seh-RAHT
Three syllables with the stress at the end. The final h is silent.
Nicknames for Monserrath
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 200579 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2278reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%36 in 2025, from 48
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Monserrath in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Montserrat in Catalan — spelling variant
- Monserrat in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Illinois.
Monserraths among us
people named Monserrath are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Monserrath
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Elisabet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Monserrath's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elisabet climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elisabet's path sketches the road Monserrath is walking now.
Monserrath sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Monserrath is headed
Monserrath looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 28% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Monserrath beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Monserrath in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that describes a real and very striking mountain accurately.
- Montse is a warm and established short form.
- Very widely used in Catalonia and Latin America.
- Montserrat is the standard Catalan spelling and the t is often lost.
- Ten letters and three syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
- The final h is silent and invites correction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Monserraths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Monserrath are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Monserrath in 2025?
- Monserrath ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Monserrath?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Monserrath — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Monserrath with classmates?
- Monserrath will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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