Monica
Rank in 2025
#736
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
371
girls 371
Peak year
1973
6,380 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
252,257
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Monica was most popular in 1973, when 6,380 babies recorded as girls got the name (4.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 371 babies were named Monica, ranking #736 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 371 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 390 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 386 | 729 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 389 | 744 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 415 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 404 | 696 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 459 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 498 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 473 | 625 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 522 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 557 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 577 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 597 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 724 | 431 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 780 | 403 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 887 | 361 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 972 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,064 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,192 | 285 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,363 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,409 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,512 | 225 | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 1,613 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,778 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,796 | 182 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 1,991 | 167 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,134 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 3,230 | 105 | 13 | 4873 |
| 1997 | 4,223 | 79 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 4,326 | 82 | 17 | 3830 |
| 1995 | 3,970 | 87 | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | 3,912 | 88 | 21 | 3215 |
| 1993 | 3,901 | 86 | 24 | 2865 |
| 1992 | 4,590 | 77 | 24 | 2834 |
| 1991 | 4,156 | 85 | 26 | 2606 |
| 1990 | 4,453 | 76 | 19 | 3166 |
| 1989 | 4,502 | 68 | 36 | 1993 |
| 1988 | 4,463 | 70 | 26 | 2305 |
| 1987 | 4,809 | 64 | 33 | 1896 |
| 1986 | 5,013 | 59 | 37 | 1694 |
| 1985 | 4,990 | 61 | 28 | 2019 |
| 1984 | 5,131 | 58 | 26 | 2036 |
| 1983 | 5,405 | 53 | 36 | 1631 |
| 1982 | 5,734 | 52 | 39 | 1563 |
| 1981 | 5,782 | 49 | 31 | 1811 |
| 1980 | 6,034 | 45 | 43 | 1449 |
| 1979 | 6,585 | 40 | 34 | 1670 |
| 1978 | 5,867 | 42 | 31 | 1718 |
| 1977 | 6,366 | 39 | 32 | 1670 |
| 1976 | 5,978 | 45 | 34 | 1572 |
| 1975 | 5,476 | 49 | 33 | 1559 |
| 1974 | 6,281 | 43 | 30 | 1618 |
| 1973 | 6,380 | 40 | 42 | 1268 |
| 1972 | 6,133 | 47 | 26 | 1721 |
| 1971 | 6,426 | 48 | 30 | 1597 |
| 1970 | 6,188 | 56 | 33 | 1462 |
| 1969 | 6,032 | 59 | 26 | 1605 |
| 1968 | 5,221 | 68 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 4,966 | 70 | 8 | 2985 |
| 1966 | 4,722 | 75 | 12 | 2327 |
| 1965 | 5,113 | 72 | 15 | 2084 |
| 1964 | 4,655 | 90 | 14 | 2205 |
| 1963 | 3,994 | 110 | 10 | 2673 |
| 1962 | 4,010 | 115 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 3,391 | 136 | 12 | 2409 |
| 1960 | 3,088 | 140 | 8 | 3077 |
| 1959 | 2,594 | 160 | 7 | 3290 |
| 1958 | 2,414 | 160 | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | 2,491 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 2,162 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,817 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,823 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,600 | 193 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,464 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,298 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,059 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 826 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 847 | 262 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 615 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 457 | 354 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 400 | 339 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 342 | 382 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 299 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 325 | 396 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 261 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 285 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 256 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 269 | 407 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 292 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 273 | 387 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 332 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 259 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 213 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 215 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 192 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 168 | 521 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 182 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 218 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 189 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 190 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 198 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 223 | 466 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 199 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 206 | 479 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 247 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 215 | 461 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 178 | 507 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 223 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 252 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 278 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 196 | 437 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 156 | 434 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 164 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 130 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 83 | 446 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 79 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 71 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 62 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 61 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 52 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 53 | 464 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 54 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 36 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 33 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 44 | 448 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 39 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 30 | 550 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 41 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 34 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 36 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 20 | 703 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 22 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 25 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 27 | 526 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 17 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 14 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 13 | 724 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 13 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 10 | 695 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | 920 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | 539 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | 738 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years