Monica
Monica is ranked 726th among girls in 2024 (388 births). Its best rank was 39th, in 1977.
- Rank in 2024
- #726up 3 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3880.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19796,585 births
- Best rank
- #39in 1977
- Since 1880
- 250,900people given the name
The story in the numbers
250,900 girls have been named Monica in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 6,585 births — 0.41% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 539 → 726).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 25%. It has spent 143 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 34 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Monica | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | |
| 1890s | 277 | |
| 1900s | 505 | |
| 1910s | 1,739 | |
| 1920s | 2,067 | |
| 1930s | 2,469 | |
| 1940s | 4,657 | |
| 1950s | 18,722 | |
| 1960s | 45,192 | |
| 1970s | 61,681 | |
| 1980s | 51,864 | |
| 1990s | 38,893 | |
| 2000s | 14,691 | |
| 2010s | 6,072 | |
| 2020s | 1,982 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Monica was the 40th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Monica
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Leticiapeak 1980
- Caridadpeak 1971
- Hollypeak 1983
- Brandapeak 1973
- Jeanapeak 1970
- Bridgettpeak 1970
- Christiannepeak 1971
- Jeannapeak 1970
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.