Girls' name · since 1999
Monaya
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Monaya, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #52,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Monaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1999.
Monaya has 12 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1999 to 2006.
- #52,116 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1999
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Monaya ranks #52,116 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1999, peaking in the 1990s.
- #52,116 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1999
- 1990s
- peak decade
Monaya's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Monaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Monaya splits its recorded history at 2006: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Monaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2006
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Monaya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Monaya's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Monaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Monaya's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Monaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~7 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, 1999–2006 (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 Monaya 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.