Monalisa — #12282 US girls' name
1,116 babies named Monalisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Monalisa was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Monalisa in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Monalisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,116 babies named Monalisa between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monalisa currently holds the #12282 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Monalisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Monalisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Monalisa in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Monalisa 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 1,116 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.
Monalisa at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Monalisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (1965)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #12282 among girls.
1,116 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 37 births in a single year.
Monalisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 241 births that decade — 22% of Monalisa's all-time total
Monalisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 241 births
- Runner-up 214 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Monalisa's strongest decade
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Monalisa by state
Where Monalisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 114 | 10.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Hawaii | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 8 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 7 | 0.6% |
114 of 1,116 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.2% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
- Hawaii 0.9% of nationwide
- Texas 0.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.