Monica — #723 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Monica

The Social Security Administration has registered 250,900 babies named Monica between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monica currently holds the #723 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 6,585 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monica performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61,681 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Monica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46,015 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Monica in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monica 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 250,900 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.