Monica
#736 for girls in 2025, 371 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #7,536
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 6,366 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 251,274since 1880
Monica over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #736 | 371 | — | |
| 2024 | #723 | 390 | — | |
| 2023 | #729 | 386 | — | |
| 2022 | #744 | 389 | — | |
| 2021 | #695 | 415 | — | |
| 2020 | #696 | 404 | — | |
| 2019 | #638 | 459 | — | |
| 2018 | #606 | 498 | — | |
| 2017 | #625 | 473 | — | |
| 2016 | #587 | 522 | — | |
| 2015 | #559 | 557 | — | |
| 2014 | #539 | 577 | — | |
| 2013 | #503 | 597 | — | |
| 2012 | #431 | 724 | — | |
| 2011 | #403 | 780 | — | |
| 2010 | #361 | 887 | — | |
| 2009 | #339 | 972 | — | |
| 2008 | #316 | 1,064 | — | |
| 2007 | #285 | 1,192 | — | |
| 2006 | #248 | 1,363 | — | |
| 2005 | #238 | 1,409 | — | |
| 2004 | #225 | 1,512 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #207 | 1,613 | — | |
| 2002 | #180 | 1,778 | — | |
| 2001 | #182 | 1,796 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #167 | 1,991 | — | |
| 1999 | #151 | 2,134 | — | |
| 1998 | #105 | 3,230 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #79 | 4,223 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #82 | 4,326 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #87 | 3,970 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #88 | 3,912 | #3,215 | 21 |
| 1993 | #86 | 3,901 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #77 | 4,590 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #85 | 4,156 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #76 | 4,453 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #68 | 4,502 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #70 | 4,463 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #64 | 4,809 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #59 | 5,013 | #1,694 | 37 |
| 1985 | #61 | 4,990 | #2,019 | 28 |
| 1984 | #58 | 5,131 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #53 | 5,405 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #52 | 5,734 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #49 | 5,782 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #45 | 6,034 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #40 | 6,585 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #42 | 5,867 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #39 | 6,366 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #45 | 5,978 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #49 | 5,476 | #1,559 | 33 |
| 1974 | #43 | 6,281 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #40 | 6,380 | #1,268 | 42 |
| 1972 | #47 | 6,133 | #1,721 | 26 |
| 1971 | #48 | 6,426 | #1,597 | 30 |
| 1970 | #56 | 6,188 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #59 | 6,032 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #68 | 5,221 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #70 | 4,966 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #75 | 4,722 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #72 | 5,113 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #90 | 4,655 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #110 | 3,994 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #115 | 4,010 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #136 | 3,391 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #140 | 3,088 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #160 | 2,594 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #160 | 2,414 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #151 | 2,491 | — | |
| 1956 | #169 | 2,162 | — | |
| 1955 | #182 | 1,817 | — | |
| 1954 | #181 | 1,823 | — | |
| 1953 | #193 | 1,600 | — | |
| 1952 | #197 | 1,464 | — | |
| 1951 | #209 | 1,298 | — | |
| 1950 | #231 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1949 | #266 | 826 | — | |
| 1948 | #262 | 847 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #311 | 615 | — | |
| 1946 | #354 | 457 | — | |
| 1945 | #339 | 400 | — | |
| 1944 | #382 | 342 | — | |
| 1943 | #425 | 299 | — | |
| 1942 | #396 | 325 | — | |
| 1941 | #425 | 261 | — | |
| 1940 | #407 | 285 | — | |
| 1939 | #425 | 256 | — | |
| 1938 | #407 | 269 | — | |
| 1937 | #379 | 292 | — | |
| 1936 | #387 | 273 | — | |
| 1935 | #352 | 332 | — | |
| 1934 | #406 | 259 | — | |
| 1933 | #440 | 213 | — | |
| 1932 | #451 | 215 | — | |
| 1931 | #468 | 192 | — | |
| 1930 | #521 | 168 | — | |
| 1929 | #499 | 182 | — | |
| 1928 | #466 | 218 | — | |
| 1927 | #512 | 189 | — | |
| 1926 | #506 | 190 | — | |
| 1925 | #499 | 198 | — | |
| 1924 | #466 | 223 | — | |
| 1923 | #491 | 199 | — | |
| 1922 | #479 | 206 | — | |
| 1921 | #434 | 247 | — | |
| 1920 | #461 | 215 | — | |
| 1919 | #507 | 178 | — | |
| 1918 | #444 | 223 | — | |
| 1917 | #399 | 252 | — | |
| 1916 | #371 | 278 | — | |
| 1915 | #437 | 196 | — | |
| 1914 | #434 | 156 | — | |
| 1913 | #378 | 164 | — | |
| 1912 | #406 | 130 | — | |
| 1911 | #446 | 83 | — | |
| 1910 | #449 | 79 | — | |
| 1909 | #440 | 71 | — | |
| 1908 | #456 | 62 | — | |
| 1907 | #458 | 61 | — | |
| 1906 | #472 | 52 | — | |
| 1905 | #464 | 53 | — | |
| 1904 | #438 | 54 | — | |
| 1903 | #539 | 36 | — | |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 | — | |
| 1901 | #448 | 44 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 | — | |
| 1898 | #481 | 41 | — | |
| 1897 | #497 | 34 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 | — | |
| 1893 | #561 | 25 | — | |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 | — | |
| 1891 | #514 | 25 | — | |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #539 | 10 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Monica was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Monica is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#10 · 1 in 92
- Texas#16 · 1 in 109
- California#22 · 1 in 136
- Arizona#24 · 1 in 124
- District of Columbia#25 · 1 in 140
Best ever in a state: #6 in New Mexico, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #10 | 83 | 1 in 92 |
| Texas | #16 | 887 | 1 in 109 |
| California | #22 | 1,010 | 1 in 136 |
| Arizona | #24 | 117 | 1 in 124 |
| District of Columbia | #25 | 53 | 1 in 140 |
| Louisiana | #28 | 167 | 1 in 159 |
| Alabama | #35 | 155 | 1 in 156 |
| Mississippi | #38 | 93 | 1 in 186 |
| Montana | #39 | 25 | 1 in 155 |
| Georgia | #46 | 176 | 1 in 204 |
| Nevada | #47 | 15 | 1 in 182 |
| North Carolina | #48 | 159 | 1 in 231 |
| South Carolina | #48 | 98 | 1 in 196 |
| Illinois | #49 | 286 | 1 in 261 |
| Utah | #49 | 48 | 1 in 219 |
| Florida | #50 | 200 | 1 in 222 |
| Alaska | #51 | 12 | 1 in 175 |
| Washington | #53 | 77 | 1 in 249 |
| Colorado | #55 | 66 | 1 in 238 |
| Indiana | #55 | 138 | 1 in 268 |
| Virginia | #56 | 124 | 1 in 239 |
| Tennessee | #58 | 108 | 1 in 262 |
| Maryland | #60 | 82 | 1 in 251 |
| Arkansas | #61 | 52 | 1 in 252 |
| Oklahoma | #61 | 59 | 1 in 276 |
| Missouri | #64 | 110 | 1 in 284 |
| Ohio | #64 | 254 | 1 in 293 |
| Wyoming | #64 | 8 | 1 in 217 |
| Kansas | #65 | 45 | 1 in 274 |
| Kentucky | #66 | 83 | 1 in 286 |
| Nebraska | #68 | 33 | 1 in 283 |
| New Jersey | #70 | 138 | 1 in 295 |
| New York | #70 | 337 | 1 in 329 |
| Idaho | #71 | 19 | 1 in 249 |
| Michigan | #72 | 195 | 1 in 317 |
| Pennsylvania | #72 | 232 | 1 in 311 |
| South Dakota | #76 | 14 | 1 in 273 |
| Vermont | #77 | 9 | 1 in 277 |
| Iowa | #83 | 50 | 1 in 349 |
| Hawaii | #85 | 15 | 1 in 297 |
| Delaware | #90 | 10 | 1 in 307 |
| North Dakota | #93 | 12 | 1 in 330 |
| Oregon | #95 | 36 | 1 in 351 |
| Minnesota | #106 | 54 | 1 in 446 |
| Connecticut | #108 | 33 | 1 in 479 |
| West Virginia | #108 | 26 | 1 in 469 |
| Wisconsin | #110 | 58 | 1 in 474 |
| Maine | #119 | 14 | 1 in 467 |
| Rhode Island | #129 | 9 | 1 in 577 |
| Massachusetts | #144 | 46 | 1 in 744 |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
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 Monica
- 13 spots since 2024 (#723 → #736)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#696 → #736)
- 177 spots since 2015 (#559 → #736)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1896 (#703 → #487)
- Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1902 (#448 → #571)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1977 at #39 (6,366 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1964–1997
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1883–2025
- Highest: 1 in 229 girls born in 1973 were named Monica (0.44%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,332 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #39 in 1977, was only 1 in 241 (0.42%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.5% of all girls named Monica (61,680) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | #539 (1881) | #718 |
| 1890s | 277 | #481 (1898) | #559 |
| 1900s | 505 | #438 (1904) | #483 |
| 1910s | 1,739 | #371 (1916) | #427 |
| 1920s | 2,067 | #434 (1921) | #481 |
| 1930s | 2,469 | #352 (1935) | #424 |
| 1940s | 4,657 | #262 (1948) | #357 |
| 1950s | 18,722 | #151 (1957) | #183 |
| 1960s | 45,192 | #59 (1969) | #94 |
| 1970s | 61,680 | #39 (1977) | #45 |
| 1980s | 51,863 | #45 (1980) | #58 |
| 1990s | 38,895 | #76 (1990) | #92 |
| 2000s | 14,690 | #167 (2000) | #239 |
| 2010s | 6,074 | #361 (2010) | #525 |
| 2020s | 2,355 | #695 (2021) | #721 |
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.
Monica in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 248 of them was named Monica, which outranked 99.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 62,370 of them was named Monica, which outranked 70.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,680Tyrome27
- #1,680Vasilios27
- #1,680Wendel27
- #1,721Monica26
- #1,721Adolphus26
- #1,721Adrien26
- #1,721Alford26
- #1,771Armondo25
- #1,771Benjie25
- #1,771Boyce25
Tied with 49 names at #1,721; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.