Monya — girls' name
663 babies named Monya in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Monya was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Monya in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Monya
The Social Security Administration has registered 663 babies named Monya between 1935 and 2011, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Monya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Monya performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Monya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Monya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Monya 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 663 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.
Monya at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Monya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1935
- Peak year (1970)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
663 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 27 births in a single year.
Monya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 182 births that decade — 27% of Monya's all-time total
Monya decade highlights
- Peak decade 182 births
- Runner-up 145 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Monya's strongest decade
182 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Monya by state
Where Monya concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 663 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1935–2011 (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.