Girls' name · since 2021

Monarch

Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Monarch, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#52,115 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,661 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
12
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Monarch is the #14661 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 12 recorded since 2021.

Monarch has 12 recorded births among girls since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14661 as of the latest data, more common than 15% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.

  • #52,115 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #14,661 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 12 born since 2021
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Monarch ranks #52,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,661 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.

#52,115 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#14,661 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
12
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%15.2%
Monarch vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Monarch's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Monarch compares

12 4th percentile among 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

Monarch's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Monarch Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 12 376 567,345
Peak-year births 6 21 19,840

Monarch's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Monarch's SSA record in two at 2025 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 6 births recorded.

Monarch popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
6
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
6 20212025 6

Monarch by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Monarch's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Monarch births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Monarch?
12 babies have been named Monarch since 2021. All-time, it sits at #52,115 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #14,661 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2021 with 6 births.
Where does Monarch sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Monarch ranks #52,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,661 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Monarch most popular?
Monarch was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Monarch been used?
The SSA has tracked Monarch since 2021 -- 5 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Monarch?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Monica, Monique, Mona, Monika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Monarch: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2021–2025 (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 Monarch 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.