Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Monae

#4,094 most common girls' name of all time · #6,982 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among girls
#4,094
Rank overall
#6,982 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,291
Since 2016
375
Peak year
1998 #1,503
Best rank
#1,482 1996
Girls Boys peak 113/yr
198020002020

Monae first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 20 — 20 #5,968
2024 29 — 29 #4,701
2023 40 — 40 #3,784
2022 26 — 26 #5,072
2021 51 — 51 #3,179
2020 34 — 34 #4,110
2019 47 — 47 #3,354
2018 32 — 32 #4,386
2017 43 — 43 #3,574
2016 53 — 53 #3,116
2015 53 — 53 #3,139
2014 37 — 37 #4,029
2013 52 — 52 #3,135
2012 40 — 40 #3,872
2011 45 — 45 #3,513
2010 52 — 52 #3,175
2009 41 — 41 #3,823
2008 37 — 37 #4,204
2007 46 — 46 #3,560
2006 50 — 50 #3,279
2005 45 — 45 #3,380
2004 72 — 72 #2,381
2003 83 — 83 #2,116
2002 69 — 69 #2,341
2001 62 — 62 #2,495
2000 86 — 86 #1,956
1999 92 — 92 #1,745
1998 113 — 113 #1,503
1997 92 — 92 #1,703
1996 111 — 111 #1,482
1995 56 — 56 #2,358
1994 51 — 51 #2,488
1993 81 — 81 #1,809
1992 63 — 63 #2,145
1991 61 — 61 #2,175
1990 56 — 56 #2,277
1989 28 — 28 #3,624
1988 38 — 38 #2,784
1987 34 — 34 #2,892
1986 21 — 21 #3,973
1985 12 — 12 #5,850
1984 16 — 16 #4,612
1983 18 — 18 #4,216
1982 12 — 12 #5,730
1981 7 — 7 #8,498
1980 9 — 9 #7,076
1979 7 — 7 #8,453
1978 8 — 8 #7,272
1977 6 — 6 #8,938
1976 11 — 11 #5,441
1975 7 — 7 #7,604
1974 5 — 5 #9,389
1973 5 — 5 #9,050
1971 7 — 7 #7,095
1970 8 — 8 #6,199
1968 6 — 6 #6,779
1961 5 — 5 #7,459