Monet — #3465 US girls' name
4,505 babies named Monet in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Monet was born in this single decade.
175 babies were named Monet in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Monet
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,505 babies named Monet between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monet currently holds the #3465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 175 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Monet performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,483 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Monet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 842 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Monet in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Monet 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 4,505 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.
Monet at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Monet popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (1997)
- 175
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #3465 among girls.
4,505 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 175 births in a single year.
Monet popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1989 (Monet as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Monet accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Monet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,483 births that decade — 33% of Monet's all-time total
Monet decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,483 births
- Runner-up 1,162 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Monet's strongest decade
1,483 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Monet by state
Where Monet concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 842 | 18.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 401 | 8.9% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 161 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 154 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 131 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 118 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Florida | | 106 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 93 | 2.1% |
842 of 4,505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.7% of nationwide
- New York 8.9% of nationwide
- Maryland 3.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.4% of nationwide
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Monet appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1952–2024 (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.