Monica Girl
How popular is Monica?
#736 girl name in 2025
371 baby girls were named Monica in the US in 2025, making it the 736th most popular girl name.
Monica popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #736 for girls (▼ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 371 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #559 in 2015, #696 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1979 (6,585 girls) |
| Highest rank | #39 in 1977 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Monica counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Monica family of names ranked #689 for girls in 2025 (#675 the year before), with 389 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Monica | 371 | 95% |
| Monika | 18 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Monica is most popular
Babies named Monica per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.5 per 1,000 (66 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.4 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (294 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 girls)
Monica by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 89 | #539 |
| 1890s | 277 | #481 |
| 1900s | 505 | #438 |
| 1910s | 1,739 | #371 |
| 1920s | 2,067 | #434 |
| 1930s | 2,469 | #352 |
| 1940s | 4,657 | #262 |
| 1950s | 18,722 | #151 |
| 1960s | 45,192 | #59 |
| 1970s | 61,680 | #39 |
| 1980s | 51,863 | #45 |
| 1990s | 38,895 | #76 |
| 2000s | 14,690 | #167 |
| 2010s | 6,074 | #361 |
| 2020s | 2,355 | #695 |
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Questions
- Is Monica a boy or girl name?
- Monica is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Monica were girls.
- How popular is the name Monica?
- 371 baby girls were named Monica in the US in 2025, making it the 736th most popular girl name.
- When was Monica most popular?
- Monica peaked in 1979, when 6,585 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #39 in 1977.
- How many people are named Monica?
- 252,257 babies have been named Monica in the US since 1880. We estimate about 230,734 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Monica most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Monica was most common in Washington, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.