Recorded 1965–1994 Girls' name Peak 1969 59 births

Monisa — girls' name

59 babies named Monisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s231970s231990s13
1960s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Monisa was born in this single decade.

1969
Single peak year

11 babies were named Monisa in 1969 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Monisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Monisa between 1965 and 1994, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Monisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Monisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Monisa 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 59 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.

Monisa at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

59

Since 1965

30 years of records

Peak year

1969

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1965

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 1994

Monisa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1965

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1969)
11
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
4681012 19941990197819731972196919681965 5

Monisa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
23 births that decade — 39% of Monisa's all-time total
1960s231970s231990s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Monisa?
59 babies have been named Monisa since 1965. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1969 with 11 births.
When was Monisa most popular?
Monisa was most popular in the 1960s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1969.
How long has the name Monisa been used?
Monisa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1965, spanning 30 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Monisa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Monica, Monique, Mona, Monika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1965–1994 (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.