Mona

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1950 · 1,088 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,787
since 1880

Mona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mona has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #230, 1950girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#2,77861—
2024#2,20386—
2023#2,10791—
2022#2,15688—
2021#1,99197—
2020#1,92499—
2019#1,888106—
2018#1,852109—
2017#1,792116—
2016#1,743119—
2015#1,894107—
2014#2,02797—
2013#1,775115—
2012#2,47474—
2011#2,05894—
2010#2,18589—
2009#2,54873—
2008#2,17292—
2007#2,21389—
2006#2,10792—
2005#1,855104—
2004#2,17582—
2003#2,03388—
2002#1,84497—
2001#1,81997—
2000#1,456126—
1999#1,596105—
1998#1,520111—
1997#1,456113—
1996#1,194151—
1995#1,439112—
1994#1,535101—
1993#1,325126—
1992#1,305129—
1991#1,150154—
1990#1,279127—
1989#1,168140—
1988#1,099142—
1987#1,093139—
1986#967163—
1985#987154—
1984#1,120123—
1983#959152—
1982#914165—
1981#858181—
1980#951157—
1979#824190—
1978#675236—
1977#710218—
1976#608258—
1975#598269—
1974#550305—
1973#487365—
1972#427454—
1971#448459—
1970#377633—
1969#341691#4,4045
1968#367608—
1967#337681#3,9665
1966#281903—
1965#305874—
1964#309890—
1963#2901,009—
1962#296968—
1961#2771,090—
1960#2751,081—
1959#2551,183—
1958#2651,090—
1957#2421,231—
1956#2401,187—
1955#2491,093—
1954#2331,192—
1953#2491,061—
1952#255950—
1951#2321,106—
1950#2301,088—
1949#341513—
1948#369455—
1947#379446—
1946#364427—
1945#364366—
1944#382342—
1943#384359—
1942#340418—
1941#307444—
1940#290470—
1939#270523#3,1136
1938#249641—
1937#253623#3,5185
1936#243656—
1935#243670#3,6455
1934#246635—
1933#244614#3,6425
1932#249613—
1931#280496—
1930#276540—
1929#291499—
1928#324422—
1927#345376—
1926#347369—
1925#379322—
1924#377329—
1923#389292—
1922#399274—
1921#386301—
1920#410262—
1919#406253—
1918#421245—
1917#354313—
1916#393253—
1915#370265—
1914#362212—
1913#366174—
1912#370156—
1911#392105—
1910#394101—
1909#39187—
1908#39185—
1907#42770—
1906#40571—
1905#37880—
1904#38573—
1903#41159—
1902#41655—
1901#45942—
1900#39969—
1899#38457—
1898#39361—
1897#37659—
1896#37756—
1895#38453—
1894#38254—
1893#35358—
1892#38747—
1891#37744—
1890#44633—
1889#45429—
1888#43932—
1887#47122—
1886#38731—
1885#52017—
1884#47918—
1883#48016—
1882#56011—
1881#44714—
1880#44914—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mona was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

Where Mona is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedAKMaine: #198 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,184 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedNHWashington: #193 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,205 girlsWAIdaho: #157 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 634 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #258 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,291 girlsMNIllinois: #274 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,533 girlsILWisconsin: #225 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsWIMichigan: #178 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsMINew York: #228 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,968 girlsNYMassachusetts: #166 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedSDIowa: #245 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,153 girlsIAIndiana: #142 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 795 girlsINOhio: #172 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,264 girlsOHPennsylvania: #191 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,492 girlsPANew Jersey: #243 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,412 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #275 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,056 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedUTColorado: #152 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 691 girlsCONebraska: #145 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 752 girlsNEMissouri: #180 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,008 girlsMOKentucky: #262 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,732 girlsKYWest Virginia: #132 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 548 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedNMKansas: #175 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 988 girlsKSArkansas: #227 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,146 girlsARTennessee: #246 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #261 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,912 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #142 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 625 girlsOKLouisiana: #281 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsLAMississippi: #289 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,846 girlsMSAlabama: #273 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,958 girlsALGeorgia: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,754 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mona, so not publishedHITexas: #230 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,090 girlsTXFlorida: #329 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,243 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#132 · 1 in 548
  2. Oklahoma#142 · 1 in 625
  3. Indiana#142 · 1 in 795
  4. Nebraska#145 · 1 in 752
  5. Colorado#152 · 1 in 691

Best ever in a state: #74 in Wyoming, 1928.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#132301 in 548
Indiana#142271 in 795
Oklahoma#142351 in 625
Nebraska#145131 in 752
Colorado#152111 in 691
Idaho#15751 in 634
Massachusetts#166191 in 1,452
Ohio#172341 in 1,264
Kansas#175131 in 988
Michigan#178271 in 1,287
Missouri#180261 in 1,008
Pennsylvania#191461 in 1,492
Washington#19371 in 1,205
Maine#19851 in 1,184
Wisconsin#225111 in 1,951
Arkansas#227161 in 1,146
New York#228421 in 1,968
Texas#230501 in 1,090
New Jersey#243101 in 2,412
Iowa#24581 in 2,153
Tennessee#246161 in 1,603
Minnesota#25881 in 2,291
North Carolina#261181 in 1,912
Kentucky#262151 in 1,732
Alabama#273141 in 1,958
Illinois#274191 in 2,533
California#275161 in 2,056
Louisiana#281121 in 1,590
Mississippi#289111 in 1,846
Florida#32951 in 2,243
Georgia#47251 in 5,754
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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 Mona
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 575 spots since 2024 (#2,203 → #2,778)
  • 854 spots since 2020 (#1,924 → #2,778)
  • 884 spots since 2015 (#1,894 → #2,778)
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1886 (#520 → #387)
  • Biggest drop: 161 spots in 1984 (#959 → #1,120)
Rise & fade · girls
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1950 at #230 (1,088 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 106 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1983
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,565
  • Highest: 1 in 1,565 girls born in 1935 were named Mona (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #230 in 1950, was only 1 in 1,574 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 24.4% of all girls named Mona (11,181) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s204#387 (1886)#469
1890s522#353 (1893)#386
1900s691#378 (1905)#406
1910s2,077#354 (1917)#383
1920s3,446#291 (1929)#365
1930s6,011#243 (1935)#255
1940s4,240#290 (1940)#352
1950s11,181#230 (1950)#245
1960s8,795#275 (1960)#308
1970s3,387#377 (1970)#570
1980s1,516#858 (1981)#1,012
1990s1,229#1,150 (1991)#1,380
2000s940#1,456 (2000)#2,022
2010s1,026#1,743 (2016)#1,969
2020s522#1,924 (2020)#2,193

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.

Mona in 1933

girls
#244
614 births · 1 in 1,642 girls
boys
#3,642
5 births · 1 in 198,305 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #244Mona614

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #3,642Mona5
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 1,642 of them was named Mona, which outranked 95.0% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mona
  1. #241Jacquelyn628
  2. #242Reba627
  3. #243Lorene616
  4. #244Mona614
  5. #245Paula611
  6. #246Amelia608
  7. #246Fay608
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 198,305 of them was named Mona, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mona
  1. #3,268Windsor6
  2. #3,268Ysmael6
  3. #3,268Zoltan6
  4. #3,642Mona5
  5. #3,642Abbie5
  6. #3,642Adair5
  7. #3,642Adams5

Tied with 514 names at #3,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →