Monica
#736 for girls in 2025, 371 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #7,536
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 6,366 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 251,274since 1880
Monica over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #736 | 371 | — | |
| 2024 | #723 | 390 | — | |
| 2023 | #729 | 386 | — | |
| 2022 | #744 | 389 | — | |
| 2021 | #695 | 415 | — | |
| 2020 | #696 | 404 | — | |
| 2019 | #638 | 459 | — | |
| 2018 | #606 | 498 | — | |
| 2017 | #625 | 473 | — | |
| 2016 | #587 | 522 | — | |
| 2015 | #559 | 557 | — | |
| 2014 | #539 | 577 | — | |
| 2013 | #503 | 597 | — | |
| 2012 | #431 | 724 | — | |
| 2011 | #403 | 780 | — | |
| 2010 | #361 | 887 | — | |
| 2009 | #339 | 972 | — | |
| 2008 | #316 | 1,064 | — | |
| 2007 | #285 | 1,192 | — | |
| 2006 | #248 | 1,363 | — | |
| 2005 | #238 | 1,409 | — | |
| 2004 | #225 | 1,512 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #207 | 1,613 | — | |
| 2002 | #180 | 1,778 | — | |
| 2001 | #182 | 1,796 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #167 | 1,991 | — | |
| 1999 | #151 | 2,134 | — | |
| 1998 | #105 | 3,230 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #79 | 4,223 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #82 | 4,326 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #87 | 3,970 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #88 | 3,912 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #86 | 3,901 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #77 | 4,590 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #85 | 4,156 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #76 | 4,453 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #68 | 4,502 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #70 | 4,463 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #64 | 4,809 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #59 | 5,013 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #61 | 4,990 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #58 | 5,131 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #53 | 5,405 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #52 | 5,734 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #49 | 5,782 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #45 | 6,034 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #40 | 6,585 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #42 | 5,867 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #39 | 6,366 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #45 | 5,978 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #49 | 5,476 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | #43 | 6,281 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #40 | 6,380 | #1,268 | 42 |
| 1972 | #47 | 6,133 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #48 | 6,426 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #56 | 6,188 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #59 | 6,032 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #68 | 5,221 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #70 | 4,966 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #75 | 4,722 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #72 | 5,113 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #90 | 4,655 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #110 | 3,994 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #115 | 4,010 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #136 | 3,391 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #140 | 3,088 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #160 | 2,594 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #160 | 2,414 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #151 | 2,491 | — | |
| 1956 | #169 | 2,162 | — | |
| 1955 | #182 | 1,817 | — | |
| 1954 | #181 | 1,823 | — | |
| 1953 | #193 | 1,600 | — | |
| 1952 | #197 | 1,464 | — | |
| 1951 | #209 | 1,298 | — | |
| 1950 | #231 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1949 | #266 | 826 | — | |
| 1948 | #262 | 847 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #311 | 615 | — | |
| 1946 | #354 | 457 | — | |
| 1945 | #339 | 400 | — | |
| 1944 | #382 | 342 | — | |
| 1943 | #425 | 299 | — | |
| 1942 | #396 | 325 | — | |
| 1941 | #425 | 261 | — | |
| 1940 | #407 | 285 | — | |
| 1939 | #425 | 256 | — | |
| 1938 | #407 | 269 | — | |
| 1937 | #379 | 292 | — | |
| 1936 | #387 | 273 | — | |
| 1935 | #352 | 332 | — | |
| 1934 | #406 | 259 | — | |
| 1933 | #440 | 213 | — | |
| 1932 | #451 | 215 | — | |
| 1931 | #468 | 192 | — | |
| 1930 | #521 | 168 | — | |
| 1929 | #499 | 182 | — | |
| 1928 | #466 | 218 | — | |
| 1927 | #512 | 189 | — | |
| 1926 | #506 | 190 | — | |
| 1925 | #499 | 198 | — | |
| 1924 | #466 | 223 | — | |
| 1923 | #491 | 199 | — | |
| 1922 | #479 | 206 | — | |
| 1921 | #434 | 247 | — | |
| 1920 | #461 | 215 | — | |
| 1919 | #507 | 178 | — | |
| 1918 | #444 | 223 | — | |
| 1917 | #399 | 252 | — | |
| 1916 | #371 | 278 | — | |
| 1915 | #437 | 196 | — | |
| 1914 | #434 | 156 | — | |
| 1913 | #378 | 164 | — | |
| 1912 | #406 | 130 | — | |
| 1911 | #446 | 83 | — | |
| 1910 | #449 | 79 | — | |
| 1909 | #440 | 71 | — | |
| 1908 | #456 | 62 | — | |
| 1907 | #458 | 61 | — | |
| 1906 | #472 | 52 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 | — | |
| 1901 | #448 | 44 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #481 | 41 | — | |
| 1897 | #497 | 34 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 | — | |
| 1893 | #561 | 25 | — | |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Monica was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Monica
- 13 spots since 2024 (#723 → #736)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#696 → #736)
- 177 spots since 2015 (#559 → #736)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1896 (#703 → #487)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1902 (#448 → #571)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1977 at #39 (6,366 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1964–1997
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1883–2025
- Highest: 1 in 229 girls born in 1973 were named Monica (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,332 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #39 in 1977, was only 1 in 241 (0.42%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.5% of all girls named Monica (61,680) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | #539 (1881) | #718 |
| 1890s | 277 | #481 (1898) | #559 |
| 1900s | 505 | #438 (1904) | #483 |
| 1910s | 1,739 | #371 (1916) | #427 |
| 1920s | 2,067 | #434 (1921) | #481 |
| 1930s | 2,469 | #352 (1935) | #424 |
| 1940s | 4,657 | #262 (1948) | #357 |
| 1950s | 18,722 | #151 (1957) | #183 |
| 1960s | 45,192 | #59 (1969) | #94 |
| 1970s | 61,680 | #39 (1977) | #45 |
| 1980s | 51,863 | #45 (1980) | #58 |
| 1990s | 38,895 | #76 (1990) | #92 |
| 2000s | 14,690 | #167 (2000) | #239 |
| 2010s | 6,074 | #361 (2010) | #525 |
| 2020s | 2,355 | #695 (2021) | #721 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Monica in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 405 of them was named Monica, which outranked 99.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 111,429 of them was named Monica, which outranked 63.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,678Zalmen18
- #3,678Zander18
- #3,678Zeb18
- #3,830Monica17
- #3,830Abigail17
- #3,830Addam17
- #3,830Aedan17
- #4,022Aarin16
- #4,022Abdelrahman16
- #4,022Aleksei16
Tied with 191 names at #3,830; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.