Monette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Monette

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,335 babies named Monette between 1910 and 2022, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Monette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Monette in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monette 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 1,335 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.