Monika Girl
How popular is Monika?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Monika in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Monika popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▲ 1638 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,389 in 2015, #4,167 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (257 girls) |
| Highest rank | #705 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1942 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Monika 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 Monika is most popular
Babies named Monika per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Monika by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 30 | #2,513 |
| 1950s | 374 | #1,183 |
| 1960s | 1,337 | #778 |
| 1970s | 1,866 | #705 |
| 1980s | 2,162 | #716 |
| 1990s | 2,280 | #782 |
| 2000s | 1,128 | #1,278 |
| 2010s | 481 | #2,562 |
| 2020s | 152 | #4,045 |
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Questions
- Is Monika a boy or girl name?
- Monika is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Monika were girls.
- How popular is the name Monika?
- 18 baby girls were named Monika in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Monika most popular?
- Monika peaked in 1990, when 257 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #705 in 1978.
- How many people are named Monika?
- 9,810 babies have been named Monika in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,397 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Monika most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Monika was most common in Illinois, at 0.0 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.