Monroe

#467 for girls in 2025, 658 births · #1,260 for boys in 2025, 157 births
Given to boys 70.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#177
1882 · 76 births
Debut · boys
1880
53 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,094
since 1880

Monroe over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #177, 1882girlsat peakboys
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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#467658#1,260157
2024#570530#1,275154
2023#529574#1,340141
2022#544568#1,540116
2021#525587#1,103189
2020#541557#1,478115
2019#596510#1,507113
2018#603502#1,478117
2017#683428#1,341133
2016#692419#1,373129
2015#717396#1,266142
2014#780359#1,402120
2013#765356#1,475111
2012#951267#1,84979
2011#1,531143#2,74843
2010#2,09394#3,01438
2009#2,85261#2,84742
2008#4,17937#2,87941
2007#4,05038#2,86841
2006#4,46332#3,02436
2005#5,26624#2,80338
2004#4,94926#4,00522
2003#7,99813#3,28028
2002#7,04515#3,09529
2001#10,1029#2,79733
2000#11,8017#2,86431
1999#11,3857#2,79530
1998#8,58410#3,19124
1997#9,0179#2,50232
1996#8,13210#2,59029
1995—#1,88745
1994—#2,12338
1993—#2,34732
1992—#2,30332
1991—#2,09535
1990—#1,96838
1989—#2,02735
1988—#2,14629
1987—#1,97431
1986—#1,61740
1985—#1,56941
1984—#1,84230
1983—#1,32749
1982—#1,41545
1981—#1,36248
1980—#1,52440
1979—#1,29151
1978—#1,45241
1977—#1,18755
1976—#1,32045
1975—#1,30444
1974—#1,12453
1973—#1,02362
1972—#1,34839
1971—#94774
1970—#95970
1969—#91669
1968—#84075
1967—#85670
1966—#87070
1965—#89068
1964—#87576
1963—#80788
1962—#86277
1961—#82586
1960—#88674
1959—#78296
1958—#77193
1957—#675128
1956—#679123
1955—#638136
1954—#677113
1953—#590149
1952—#540170
1951#4,8336#573145
1950—#612125
1949—#517167
1948—#484189
1947—#468206
1946—#469186
1945—#484154
1944—#446185
1943—#437206
1942—#451189
1941—#432183
1940—#411197
1939—#413191
1938#3,8476#398204
1937—#401194
1936—#362223
1935—#374210
1934—#371213
1933—#365219
1932—#396200
1931—#350248
1930—#351261
1929—#336274
1928#3,4368#337280
1927—#329302
1926—#317320
1925—#331303
1924—#339293
1923—#315334
1922—#304354
1921—#289375
1920—#298359
1919—#292339
1918—#281362
1917—#283334
1916—#299300
1915—#281310
1914—#278251
1913—#263210
1912—#265175
1911—#27391
1910—#27678
1909—#25875
1908—#23281
1907—#24472
1906—#22972
1905—#21579
1904—#23764
1903—#22067
1902—#23859
1901—#21862
1900—#20789
1899—#25144
1898—#23158
1897—#22258
1896—#22463
1895—#21863
1894—#22458
1893—#21563
1892—#23358
1891—#23547
1890—#22653
1889—#19168
1888—#20274
1887—#20556
1886—#18273
1885—#22054
1884—#22156
1883—#23246
1882—#17776
1881—#19358
1880—#22053
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Monroe was already there! It came in at #220, and was given to 53 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1996–2004, when fewer than 34 boys a year got the name.

See more about Monroe
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,260)
  • 218 spots since 2020 (#1,478 → #1,260)
  • 6 spots since 2015 (#1,266 → #1,260)
  • Biggest jump: 61 spots in 1961 (#886 → #825)
  • Biggest drop: 401 spots in 1972 (#947 → #1,348)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #177 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 102 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,496
  • Highest: 1 in 1,496 boys born in 1882 were named Monroe (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,879 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.7% of all boys named Monroe (3,194) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2009
  • Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s614#177 (1882)#204
1890s565#215 (1893)#228
1900s720#207 (1900)#230
1910s2,450#263 (1913)#279
1920s3,194#289 (1921)#320
1930s2,163#350 (1931)#378
1940s1,862#411 (1940)#460
1950s1,278#540 (1952)#654
1960s753#807 (1963)#863
1970s534#947 (1971)#1,196
1980s388#1,327 (1983)#1,680
1990s335#1,887 (1995)#2,380
2000s341#2,797 (2001)#3,046
2010s1,025#1,266 (2015)#1,745
2020s872#1,103 (2021)#1,333

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Monroe in 1912

boys
#265
175 births · 1 in 2,457 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #265Monroe175
More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 2,457 of them was named Monroe, which outranked 90.9% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Monroe
  1. #262Jasper178
  2. #263Alonzo177
  3. #263Louie177
  4. #265Monroe175
  5. #266Abe172
  6. #266Clement172
  7. #268Boyd171
Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
  2. ↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
  3. ↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
  4. ↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
  5. ↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
  2. ↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
  3. ↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
  4. ↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
  5. ↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

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

See the top 100 for 1912 →