Girls' name · since 1961
Monae
2,291 babies named Monae in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,291
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Monae is the #5963 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,291 recorded since 1961.
Monae has 2,291 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5963 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #4,297 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,963 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,291 born since 1961
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Monae ranks #4,297 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,963 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,291 born since 1961, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,297 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,963 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,291
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Monae's 2,291 recorded births place it above 94.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Monae compares
2,291 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Monae's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Monae | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,291 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 113 | 21 | 19,840 |
Monae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Monae's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 113, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Monae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 113
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Monae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (776 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Monae's strongest decade.
776 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Monae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 64
1970s
64 births
- 1980s 195
1980s
195 births
- 1990s
1990s
776 births
- 2000s
2000s
591 births
- 2010s
2010s
454 births
- 2020s 200
2020s
200 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 776 births (34% of all-time use).
How Monae compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Monae's total volume
Monae by state
Where Monae concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 243 | 10.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 131 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 85 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 81 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 48 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 48 | 2.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 46 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 45 | 2.0% |
243 of 2,291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Monae appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Monae's data
- Monae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (776 total births); usage has since declined to 200 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Monaes (243 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Monae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Monae draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.