Monique
Monique was given to 46 girls in 2025, #3,369 among girls’ names; 79,160 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 74,900 Americans named Monique and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 34 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Monique by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Monique mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Monique is “a female given name from French equivalent to Monica.”
/moʊ̯ˈnik/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Monique?
#3,369 among girls’ names, 2025
Monique fell from #1,979 in 2015 to #3,369 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 56.6 to 28.6 per million.
3,182 babies in 1980, the peak
Monique peaked in 1980, when 3,182 babies were given it (3,163 girls, #93 among girls’ names). The 46 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,369 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,967 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,252 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,259 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,535 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,215 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,879 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,604 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,685 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,819 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 101 | #1,979 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,976 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,860 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,777 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,637 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 173 | #1,356 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 230 | #1,109 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 297 | #923 | 0.16 |
| 2007 | 374 | #773 | 0.19 |
| 2006 | 443 | #656 | 0.23 |
| 2005 | 516 | #557 | 0.28 |
| 2004 | 643 | #462 | 0.35 |
| 2003 | 655 | #457 | 0.36 |
| 2002 | 710 | #410 | 0.40 |
| 2001 | 802 | #372 | 0.45 |
| 2000 | 899 | #343 | 0.50 |
| 1999 | 1,038 | #296 | 0.59 |
| 1998 | 1,198 | #258 | 0.68 |
| 1997 | 1,273 | #237 | 0.73 |
| 1996 | 1,490 | #196 | 0.85 |
| 1995 | 1,667 | #182 | 0.95 |
| 1994 | 1,690 | #175 | 0.95 |
| 1993 | 1,850 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 1992 | 2,015 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1991 | 2,179 | #141 | 1.2 |
| 1990 | 2,361 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1989 | 2,209 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | 2,130 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1987 | 2,118 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1986 | 2,047 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,112 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,202 | #130 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,482 | #117 | 1.5 |
| 1982 | 2,574 | #116 | 1.5 |
| 1981 | 2,860 | #103 | 1.7 |
| 1980 | 3,163 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 1,975 | #141 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,575 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | 1,669 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1976 | 1,498 | #170 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,495 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,531 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,801 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1972 | 1,879 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 1,948 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,097 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 1,748 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1968 | 1,711 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1967 | 1,673 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1966 | 1,559 | #201 | 0.92 |
| 1965 | 1,629 | #204 | 0.92 |
| 1964 | 1,032 | #283 | 0.54 |
| 1963 | 772 | #340 | 0.40 |
| 1962 | 642 | #371 | 0.33 |
| 1961 | 544 | #417 | 0.27 |
| 1960 | 627 | #380 | 0.31 |
| 1959 | 443 | #457 | 0.22 |
| 1958 | 234 | #644 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 164 | #787 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 108 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 112 | #929 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 91 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 59 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 63 | #1,181 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,267 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,314 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,307 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,458 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 19 | #2,006 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,124 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,655 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,878 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,079 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,085 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,071 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,271 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,526 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,654 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,807 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,532 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,930 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,421 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,555 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,483 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,176 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,796 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,548 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,637 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,080 | under 0.01 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,932 | under 0.01 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,438 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Monique a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Monique has been given almost only to girls: 377 boys in 106 years of records.
Girls and boys named Monique: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Monique, and how old are they?
74,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 79,160 Americans ever recorded as Monique. The median Monique alive today is 43 years old; half are between 34 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 71,263 people named Monique (71,111 women and girls, 152 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 75,827 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 96 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,370 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 27,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 33,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,380 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 836 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Monique born?
The states with the most babies named Monique are California, New York and Texas, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18,774 | #2,686 | 2.0× |
| New York | 8,319 | #2,313 | 1.4× |
| Texas | 4,809 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 3,701 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 2,970 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Florida | 2,949 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 2,835 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,470 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 2,409 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 2,258 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Monique is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Monique is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Monique with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 79,934 babies since 1880, Monique is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 46 of their 46 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Monique
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Monique and names like it
- Compare Monique and MoniquaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sMonique peaked in 1980.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Monique since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Monique: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1980The year the most babies were named Monique.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Monique alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with MMost given first.