Monika — #8009 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Monika

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,790 babies named Monika between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monika currently holds the #8009 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 257 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Monika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,469 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Monika in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monika 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 9,790 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.