Monica

Where Monica comes from

From Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Monica
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1964
    Monica Bellucci born
    Italian actress and model
  3. 1973
    Monica Lewinsky born
    American activist and writer
  4. 1977
    Peak, #39
    6,366 babies named Monica — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #151.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Monica Bellucci · Italian actress and model, born 1964
  • Monica Lewinsky · American activist and writer, born 1973
  • Monica Vitti · Italian actress, 1931–2022
  • Monica of Hippo · Christian saint; mother of St. Augustine, 332–387
  • Monica Barbaro · American actress, born 1990

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.