Monson — boys' name
46 babies named Monson in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
80% of everyone ever named Monson was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Monson in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Monson
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Monson between 2009 and 2018, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Monson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Monson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Monson shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Monson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Monson 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 46 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.
Monson at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Monson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
46 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 9 births in a single year.
Monson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 37 births that decade — 80% of Monson's all-time total
Monson decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Monson's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 80% of all-time use.
Monson by state
Where Monson concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 10 | 21.7% |
10 of 46 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 21.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 21.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2009–2018 (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.