Monique

#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1980 · 3,163 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
78,783
since 1909

Monique over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #93, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,34246
2024#2,93056
2023#4,19134
2022#3,22050
2021#3,49144
2020#3,17949
2019#2,85658
2018#2,58467
2017#2,66465
2016#2,79861
2015#1,972101
2014#1,967101
2013#1,849109
2012#1,774116
2011#1,633132
2010#1,352173
2009#1,106230
2008#922297
2007#773374
2006#656443
2005#556516
2004#462643
2003#457655
2002#410710
2001#371802
2000#343899
1999#2961,038
1998#2581,198
1997#2371,273
1996#1961,490
1995#1811,667
1994#1751,690#7,7706
1993#1701,850#6,2288
1992#1522,015#5,23610
1991#1412,179#6,5197
1990#1332,361#3,16619
1989#1392,209#2,10633
1988#1352,130#6,4266
1987#1302,118#3,73112
1986#1362,047#3,00516
1985#1402,112#4,3339
1984#1302,202#4,5528
1983#1172,482#4,1419
1982#1162,574#2,97215
1981#1032,860#2,89815
1980#933,163#2,53619
1979#1411,975#3,16813
1978#1721,575#4,1578
1977#1611,669#2,79115
1976#1701,498#4,4187
1975#1761,495#3,42810
1974#1741,531#3,31810
1973#1541,801#2,71613
1972#1531,879#2,53414
1971#1611,948#1,91622
1970#1602,097#2,62113
1969#1831,748#2,30814
1968#1881,711#3,1078
1967#1881,673#2,35212
1966#2011,559#3,5376
1965#2041,629#2,9828
1964#2831,032#4,0395
1963#340772#3,3187
1962#371642
1961#417544
1960#380627
1959#457443
1958#643234
1957#787164
1956#969108
1955#929112
1954#1,02891
1953#1,16469
1952#1,23659
1951#1,17763
1950#1,25953
1949#1,30449
1948#1,37045
1947#1,30249
1946#1,43937
1945#1,54328
1944#1,96719
1943#2,07918
1942#1,63026
1941#1,69622
1940#1,84519
1939#2,9229
1938#2,02116
1937#1,99916
1936#1,64021
1935#2,20614
1934#2,42412
1933#3,4067
1932#3,5687
1931#2,42712
1930#3,6587
1929#4,0536
1928#4,1956
1927#3,2849
1926#3,8737
1925#4,4266
1924
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1922#5,0095
1921
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1919#4,2516
1918
1917#4,5945
1916#4,4175
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1909#2,2085
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Monique! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Monique is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedAKMaine: #150 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 641 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #124 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 538 girlsNHWashington: #368 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,401 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #341 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsMNIllinois: #302 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,134 girlsILWisconsin: #394 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,401 girlsWIMichigan: #307 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,298 girlsMINew York: #202 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 1,037 girlsNYMassachusetts: #165 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 984 girlsMARhode Island: #132 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 632 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #219 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsSDIowa: #433 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,829 girlsIAIndiana: #311 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,231 girlsINOhio: #360 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,133 girlsOHPennsylvania: #375 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,226 girlsPANew Jersey: #223 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,265 girlsNJConnecticut: #170 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 931 girlsCTCalifornia: #172 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 818 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedUTColorado: #386 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,533 girlsCONebraska: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,628 girlsNEMissouri: #395 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,593 girlsMOKentucky: #538 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,960 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedWVVirginia: #405 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,622 girlsVAMaryland: #268 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,768 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedDEArizona: #382 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedNMKansas: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,863 girlsKSArkansas: #297 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,741 girlsARTennessee: #524 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,805 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #511 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,124 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #175 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 832 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #150 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 648 girlsLAMississippi: #523 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,541 girlsMSAlabama: #444 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,573 girlsALGeorgia: #451 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,988 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedHITexas: #366 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,267 girlsTXFlorida: #304 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,847 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#124 · 1 in 538
  2. Rhode Island#132 · 1 in 632
  3. Maine#150 · 1 in 641
  4. Louisiana#150 · 1 in 648
  5. Massachusetts#165 · 1 in 984

Best ever in a state: #27 in District of Columbia, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#124101 in 538
Rhode Island#132121 in 632
Louisiana#150561 in 648
Maine#150141 in 641
Massachusetts#165511 in 984
Connecticut#170261 in 931
California#1722101 in 818
District of Columbia#175151 in 832
New York#2021551 in 1,037
South Dakota#21961 in 1,042
New Jersey#223451 in 1,265
Nebraska#26581 in 1,628
Maryland#268171 in 1,768
Arkansas#297101 in 1,741
Illinois#302461 in 2,134
Florida#304261 in 1,847
Michigan#307341 in 2,298
Indiana#311211 in 2,231
Minnesota#341101 in 3,391
Ohio#360301 in 3,133
Texas#366461 in 2,267
Washington#368101 in 2,401
Pennsylvania#375311 in 3,226
Arizona#38271 in 2,088
Colorado#38671 in 2,533
Kansas#39161 in 2,863
Wisconsin#39491 in 4,401
Missouri#395111 in 3,593
Virginia#405111 in 3,622
Iowa#43351 in 4,829
Alabama#44491 in 3,573
Georgia#451111 in 3,988
North Carolina#51191 in 5,124
Mississippi#52351 in 4,541
Tennessee#52461 in 5,805
Kentucky#53851 in 5,960
Alaska
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Monique
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 412 spots since 2024 (#2,930#3,342)
  • 163 spots since 2020 (#3,179#3,342)
  • 1,370 spots since 2015 (#1,972#3,342)
  • Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1959 (#643#457)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 2009 (#922#1,106)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1980 at #93 (3,163 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1980
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1955–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 525
  • Highest: 1 in 525 girls born in 1980 were named Monique (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.3% of all girls named Monique (23,897) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#2,208 (1909)#2,208
1910s16#4,251 (1919)#4,421
1920s39#3,284 (1927)#4,140
1930s121#1,640 (1936)#2,627
1940s312#1,302 (1947)#1,618
1950s1,396#457 (1959)#965
1960s11,937#183 (1969)#276
1970s17,468#141 (1979)#162
1980s23,897#93 (1980)#124
1990s16,761#133 (1990)#194
2000s5,569#343 (2000)#606
2010s983#1,352 (2010)#2,145
2020s279#2,930 (2024)#3,392

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.

Monique in 1964

girls
#283
1,032 births · 1 in 1,836 girls
boys
#4,039
5 births · 1 in 398,540 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #283Monique1,032

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #4,039Monique5
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 1,836 of them was named Monique, which outranked 96.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monique
  1. #279Nora1,050
  2. #281Kristina1,036
  3. #282Annie1,034
  4. #283Monique1,032
  5. #284Betsy1,026
  6. #285Antoinette1,025
  7. #285Esther1,025
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 398,540 of them was named Monique, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monique
  1. #3,601Willim6
  2. #3,601Yosef6
  3. #3,601Yuri6
  4. #4,039Monique5
  5. #4,039Abdullah5
  6. #4,039Abelino5
  7. #4,039Abie5

Tied with 555 names at #4,039; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964