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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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
1920
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 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedNHWashington: #251 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,431 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: #466 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,498 girlsMNIllinois: #136 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 756 girlsILWisconsin: #222 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsWIMichigan: #169 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 983 girlsMINew York: #116 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 643 girlsNYMassachusetts: #126 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 718 girlsMARhode Island: #150 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 746 girlsRIOregon: #241 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,392 girlsORNevada: #122 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 531 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedIAIndiana: #203 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,285 girlsINOhio: #187 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,128 girlsOHPennsylvania: #160 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 899 girlsPANew Jersey: #124 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 692 girlsNJConnecticut: #123 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 629 girlsCTCalifornia: #79 for girls · 544 births · 1 in 395 girlsCAUtah: #186 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 893 girlsUTColorado: #99 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 477 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedNEMissouri: #249 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,644 girlsMOKentucky: #282 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedWVVirginia: #125 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 709 girlsVAMaryland: #83 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 432 girlsMDDelaware: #93 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 380 girlsDEArizona: #82 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 388 girlsAZNew Mexico: #44 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 194 girlsNMKansas: #195 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,015 girlsKSArkansas: #330 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,043 girlsARTennessee: #272 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,764 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #169 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,035 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #137 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 727 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 271 girlsDCOklahoma: #311 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsOKLouisiana: #80 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 387 girlsLAMississippi: #179 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 887 girlsMSAlabama: #158 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 828 girlsALGeorgia: #163 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 956 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Monique, so not publishedHITexas: #165 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 901 girlsTXFlorida: #115 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 667 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#44 · 1 in 194
  2. District of Columbia#69 · 1 in 271
  3. California#79 · 1 in 395
  4. Louisiana#80 · 1 in 387
  5. Arizona#82 · 1 in 388

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#44491 in 194
District of Columbia#69211 in 271
California#795441 in 395
Louisiana#80681 in 387
Arizona#82631 in 388
Maryland#83591 in 432
Delaware#9391 in 380
Colorado#99441 in 477
Florida#1151041 in 667
New York#1161741 in 643
Nevada#122101 in 531
Connecticut#123291 in 629
New Jersey#124631 in 692
Virginia#125491 in 709
Massachusetts#126501 in 718
Illinois#136961 in 756
South Carolina#137251 in 727
Rhode Island#15071 in 746
Alabama#158261 in 828
Pennsylvania#160771 in 899
Georgia#163411 in 956
Texas#1651431 in 901
Michigan#169591 in 983
North Carolina#169361 in 1,035
Mississippi#179151 in 887
Utah#186151 in 893
Ohio#187601 in 1,128
Kansas#195141 in 1,015
Indiana#203251 in 1,285
Wisconsin#222191 in 1,524
Oregon#241111 in 1,392
Missouri#249191 in 1,644
Washington#251191 in 1,431
Tennessee#272161 in 1,764
Kentucky#282101 in 2,088
Oklahoma#311101 in 1,792
Arkansas#33061 in 2,043
Minnesota#46661 in 4,498
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Dakota
South Dakota
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 1987

girls
#130
2,118 births · 1 in 821 girls
boys
#3,731
12 births · 1 in 155,582 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #130Monique2,118

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #3,731Monique12
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 821 of them was named Monique, which outranked 99.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monique
  1. #127Katelyn2,219
  2. #128Latoya2,151
  3. #129Brenda2,150
  4. #130Monique2,118
  5. #131Kelli2,110
  6. #132Denise2,104
  7. #133Joanna2,056
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 155,582 of them was named Monique, which outranked 54.2% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monique
  1. #3,521Zaid13
  2. #3,521Zakery13
  3. #3,521Zion13
  4. #3,731Monique12
  5. #3,731Abbas12
  6. #3,731Akim12
  7. #3,731Alban12
  8. #3,959Aakash11
  9. #3,959Abiel11
  10. #3,959Abrahm11

Tied with 227 names at #3,731; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987