Monroe
#467 for girls in 2025, 658 births · #1,260 for boys in 2025, 157 births
Given to boys 70.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 76 births
- Debut · boys
- 53 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,094since 1880
Monroe over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #467 | 658 | #1,260 | 157 |
| 2024 | #570 | 530 | #1,275 | 154 |
| 2023 | #529 | 574 | #1,340 | 141 |
| 2022 | #544 | 568 | #1,540 | 116 |
| 2021 | #525 | 587 | #1,103 | 189 |
| 2020 | #541 | 557 | #1,478 | 115 |
| 2019 | #596 | 510 | #1,507 | 113 |
| 2018 | #603 | 502 | #1,478 | 117 |
| 2017 | #683 | 428 | #1,341 | 133 |
| 2016 | #692 | 419 | #1,373 | 129 |
| 2015 | #717 | 396 | #1,266 | 142 |
| 2014 | #780 | 359 | #1,402 | 120 |
| 2013 | #765 | 356 | #1,475 | 111 |
| 2012 | #951 | 267 | #1,849 | 79 |
| 2011 | #1,531 | 143 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | #2,093 | 94 | #3,014 | 38 |
| 2009 | #2,852 | 61 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | #2,879 | 41 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | #2,803 | 38 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,347 | 32 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,968 | 38 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,146 | 29 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,617 | 40 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,842 | 30 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,327 | 49 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,415 | 45 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,362 | 48 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,524 | 40 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,291 | 51 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,452 | 41 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,187 | 55 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,320 | 45 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,124 | 53 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,023 | 62 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | — | #947 | 74 | |
| 1970 | — | #959 | 70 | |
| 1969 | — | #916 | 69 | |
| 1968 | — | #840 | 75 | |
| 1967 | — | #856 | 70 | |
| 1966 | — | #870 | 70 | |
| 1965 | — | #890 | 68 | |
| 1964 | — | #875 | 76 | |
| 1963 | — | #807 | 88 | |
| 1962 | — | #862 | 77 | |
| 1961 | — | #825 | 86 | |
| 1960 | — | #886 | 74 | |
| 1959 | — | #782 | 96 | |
| 1958 | — | #771 | 93 | |
| 1957 | — | #675 | 128 | |
| 1956 | — | #679 | 123 | |
| 1955 | — | #638 | 136 | |
| 1954 | — | #677 | 113 | |
| 1953 | — | #590 | 149 | |
| 1952 | — | #540 | 170 | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #573 | 145 |
| 1950 | — | #612 | 125 | |
| 1949 | — | #517 | 167 | |
| 1948 | — | #484 | 189 | |
| 1947 | — | #468 | 206 | |
| 1946 | — | #469 | 186 | |
| 1945 | — | #484 | 154 | |
| 1944 | — | #446 | 185 | |
| 1943 | — | #437 | 206 | |
| 1942 | — | #451 | 189 | |
| 1941 | — | #432 | 183 | |
| 1940 | — | #411 | 197 | |
| 1939 | — | #413 | 191 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #398 | 204 |
| 1937 | — | #401 | 194 | |
| 1936 | — | #362 | 223 | |
| 1935 | — | #374 | 210 | |
| 1934 | — | #371 | 213 | |
| 1933 | — | #365 | 219 | |
| 1932 | — | #396 | 200 | |
| 1931 | — | #350 | 248 | |
| 1930 | — | #351 | 261 | |
| 1929 | — | #336 | 274 | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #337 | 280 |
| 1927 | — | #329 | 302 | |
| 1926 | — | #317 | 320 | |
| 1925 | — | #331 | 303 | |
| 1924 | — | #339 | 293 | |
| 1923 | — | #315 | 334 | |
| 1922 | — | #304 | 354 | |
| 1921 | — | #289 | 375 | |
| 1920 | — | #298 | 359 | |
| 1919 | — | #292 | 339 | |
| 1918 | — | #281 | 362 | |
| 1917 | — | #283 | 334 | |
| 1916 | — | #299 | 300 | |
| 1915 | — | #281 | 310 | |
| 1914 | — | #278 | 251 | |
| 1913 | — | #263 | 210 | |
| 1912 | — | #265 | 175 | |
| 1911 | — | #273 | 91 | |
| 1910 | — | #276 | 78 | |
| 1909 | — | #258 | 75 | |
| 1908 | — | #232 | 81 | |
| 1907 | — | #244 | 72 | |
| 1906 | — | #229 | 72 | |
| 1905 | — | #215 | 79 | |
| 1904 | — | #237 | 64 | |
| 1903 | — | #220 | 67 | |
| 1902 | — | #238 | 59 | |
| 1901 | — | #218 | 62 | |
| 1900 | — | #207 | 89 | |
| 1899 | — | #251 | 44 | |
| 1898 | — | #231 | 58 | |
| 1897 | — | #222 | 58 | |
| 1896 | — | #224 | 63 | |
| 1895 | — | #218 | 63 | |
| 1894 | — | #224 | 58 | |
| 1893 | — | #215 | 63 | |
| 1892 | — | #233 | 58 | |
| 1891 | — | #235 | 47 | |
| 1890 | — | #226 | 53 | |
| 1889 | — | #191 | 68 | |
| 1888 | — | #202 | 74 | |
| 1887 | — | #205 | 56 | |
| 1886 | — | #182 | 73 | |
| 1885 | — | #220 | 54 | |
| 1884 | — | #221 | 56 | |
| 1883 | — | #232 | 46 | |
| 1882 | — | #177 | 76 | |
| 1881 | — | #193 | 58 | |
| 1880 | — | #220 | 53 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #177 (76 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 102 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
- 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%)
- 18.7% of all boys named Monroe (3,194) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2008, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 614 | #177 (1882) | #204 |
| 1890s | 565 | #215 (1893) | #228 |
| 1900s | 720 | #207 (1900) | #230 |
| 1910s | 2,450 | #263 (1913) | #279 |
| 1920s | 3,194 | #289 (1921) | #320 |
| 1930s | 2,163 | #350 (1931) | #378 |
| 1940s | 1,862 | #411 (1940) | #460 |
| 1950s | 1,278 | #540 (1952) | #654 |
| 1960s | 753 | #807 (1963) | #863 |
| 1970s | 534 | #947 (1971) | #1,196 |
| 1980s | 388 | #1,327 (1983) | #1,680 |
| 1990s | 335 | #1,887 (1995) | #2,380 |
| 2000s | 341 | #2,797 (2001) | #3,046 |
| 2010s | 1,025 | #1,266 (2015) | #1,745 |
| 2020s | 872 | #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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 4,034 of them was named Monroe, which outranked 96.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 13,917 of them was named Monroe, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,335Eliam134
- #1,335Sheldon134
- #1,335Tristin134
- #1,341Monroe133
- #1,341Alton133
- #1,341Anas133
- #1,341Faris133
- #1,348Abdul132
- #1,348Ander132
- #1,348Atreyu132
Tied with 6 names at #1,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.