Monifa
- Last seen for girls in 1998 at #12,426
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 416since 1969
Monifa over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Monifa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Monifa! It came in at #3,958, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1989, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Monifa is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Monifa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Monifa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1970 at #2,267 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 51,416
- Highest: 1 in 51,416 girls born in 1970 were named Monifa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 294,492 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 55.3% of all girls named Monifa (230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #3,958 (1969) | #3,958 |
| 1970s | 230 | #2,267 (1970) | #3,195 |
| 1980s | 93 | #3,853 (1980) | #7,514 |
| 1990s | 80 | #6,392 (1996) | #9,509 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Monifa ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: