Monroe
Monroe is given to both girls and boys: 658 girls and 157 boys were given it in 2025 (#467 among girls’ names and #1,262 among boys’, #783 among all names counting both); 24,360 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Monroe every year since 2009.
An estimated 13,100 Americans named Monroe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (54% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 5 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Monroe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Monroe mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Monroe is “a unisex given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “human being, person, man” (m) and “man from the River Roe” (meaning).
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning “man from the River Roe”.
/mənˈɹoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Monroe?
#1,262 among boys’ names, 2025
Monroe rose from #1,269 in 2015 to #1,262 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 74.1 to 91.9 per million.
815 babies in 2025, the peak
Monroe peaked in 2025, when 815 babies were given it (157 boys, #1,262 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 154 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 658 | #467 | 157 | #1,262 |
| 2024 | 530 | #573 | 154 | #1,280 |
| 2023 | 574 | #530 | 141 | #1,343 |
| 2022 | 568 | #544 | 116 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 587 | #526 | 189 | #1,104 |
| 2020 | 557 | #541 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2019 | 510 | #597 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2018 | 502 | #604 | 117 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 428 | #683 | 133 | #1,345 |
| 2016 | 419 | #692 | 129 | #1,377 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 396 | #721 | 142 | #1,269 |
| 2014 | 359 | #781 | 120 | #1,409 |
| 2013 | 356 | #767 | 111 | #1,481 |
| 2012 | 267 | #954 | 79 | #1,856 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,538 | 43 | #2,778 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,112 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,878 | 42 | #2,880 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,248 | 41 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,107 | 41 | #2,904 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,542 | 36 | #3,064 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,381 | 38 | #2,827 |
| 2004 | 26 | #5,027 | 22 | #4,083 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,330 | 28 | #3,331 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,323 | 29 | #3,155 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,732 | 33 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,700 | 31 | #2,895 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,243 | 30 | #2,839 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,058 | 24 | #3,258 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,556 | 32 | #2,529 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,614 | 29 | #2,650 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 45 | #1,902 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 38 | #2,152 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 32 | #2,376 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 32 | #2,336 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 35 | #2,120 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 38 | #1,997 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 35 | #2,049 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 29 | #2,175 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 31 | #2,004 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 40 | #1,633 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 41 | #1,582 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 30 | #1,870 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 49 | #1,343 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 45 | #1,433 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 48 | #1,369 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 40 | #1,533 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 51 | #1,298 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 41 | #1,465 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 55 | #1,195 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 45 | #1,330 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 44 | #1,316 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 53 | #1,130 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 62 | #1,031 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 39 | #1,357 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 74 | #953 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 70 | #965 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 69 | #919 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 75 | #842 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 70 | #861 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 70 | #874 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 68 | #895 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 76 | #877 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 88 | #810 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 77 | #869 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 86 | #830 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 74 | #888 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 96 | #783 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 93 | #773 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 128 | #674 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 123 | #680 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 136 | #640 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 113 | #678 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 149 | #591 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 170 | #539 | |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,242 | 145 | #574 |
| 1950 | under 5 | 125 | #614 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 167 | #518 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 189 | #484 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 206 | #468 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 186 | #471 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 154 | #486 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 185 | #446 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 206 | #438 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 189 | #451 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 183 | #433 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 197 | #413 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 191 | #413 | |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,191 | 204 | #398 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 194 | #402 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 223 | #362 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 210 | #375 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 213 | #371 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 219 | #365 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 200 | #398 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 248 | #350 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 261 | #351 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 274 | #336 | |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,658 | 280 | #338 |
| 1927 | under 5 | 302 | #329 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 320 | #317 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 303 | #333 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 293 | #339 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 334 | #315 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 354 | #304 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 375 | #290 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 359 | #300 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 339 | #293 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 362 | #283 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 334 | #283 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 300 | #300 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 310 | #281 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 251 | #278 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 210 | #264 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 175 | #265 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 91 | #274 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 78 | #277 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 75 | #258 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 81 | #232 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 72 | #246 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 72 | #231 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 79 | #215 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 64 | #238 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 67 | #221 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 59 | #239 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 62 | #219 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 89 | #207 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 44 | #253 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 58 | #231 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 58 | #228 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 63 | #226 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 63 | #219 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 58 | #224 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 63 | #217 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 58 | #234 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 47 | #236 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 53 | #228 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 68 | #193 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 74 | #203 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 56 | #206 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 73 | #185 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 54 | #223 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 56 | #224 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 46 | #234 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 76 | #179 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 58 | #196 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 53 | #224 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Monroe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 24,360 Americans recorded as Monroe, 30% are girls and 70% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Monroe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Monroe, and how old are they?
13,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 54% of the 24,360 Americans ever recorded as Monroe. The median Monroe alive today is 10 years old; half are between 5 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 8,580 people named Monroe (3,558 women and girls, 5,022 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,883 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 677 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,540 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 812 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 576 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,360 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 8,130 |
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 Monroe born?
The states with the most babies named Monroe are Texas, California and Ohio, with 22% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 64 | #2,025 | 1.0× |
| California | 55 | #1,777 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 43 | #914 | 0.7× |
| Utah | 36 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Florida | 34 | #1,242 | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 32 | #1,316 | 1.1× |
| Indiana | 31 | #920 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 30 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 29 | #1,194 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 29 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Monroe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Monroe is most over-represented in Mississippi: 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 boys’ 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 Monroe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Monroe
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 Monroe and names like it
- Compare Monroe and CharlieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMonroe peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Monroe since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Monroe: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Monroe.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Monroe alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.