Girls' name · since 1899
Monna
Monna has 1,385 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1933 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,008 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,385
- born since 1899
- 1930s
- peak decade
Monna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,385 have been recorded since 1899.
Monna has 1,385 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1972.
- #6,008 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,385 born since 1899
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Monna ranks #6,008 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,385 born since 1899, peaking in the 1930s.
- #6,008 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,385
- born since 1899
- 1930s
- peak decade
Monna's 1,385 recorded births place it above 91.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
Monna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Monna's SSA record in two at 1940 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1900, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1933 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Monna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1972
- Peak year (1933)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Monna by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (395 births, 29% of the file).
1930s was Monna's strongest decade.
395 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Monna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s 105
1910s
105 births
- 1920s
1920s
206 births
- 1930s
1930s
395 births
- 1940s
1940s
282 births
- 1950s
1950s
228 births
- 1960s 136
1960s
136 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 395 births (29% of all-time use).
How Monna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Monna's total volume
Monna by state
Where Monna concentrates geographically, total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 115 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 39 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 22 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
115 of 1,385 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Monna's decade-level peak was the 1930s (395 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Monnas (115 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Monna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~73 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1899–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Monna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.