Monae — #4792 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Monae

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,270 babies named Monae between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monae currently holds the #4792 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 113 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monae performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 776 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Monae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 243 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Monae in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monae in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,270 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.