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.

Monica

#167 most common girls' name of all time · #321 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#167
Rank overall
#321 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
252,257
Since 2016
4,307
Peak year
1979 #40
Best rank
#39 1977
Girls Boys peak 6,619/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Monica is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 371 — 371 #736
2024 390 — 390 #723
2023 386 — 386 #729
2022 389 — 389 #744
2021 415 — 415 #695
2020 404 — 404 #697
2019 459 — 459 #638
2018 498 — 498 #606
2017 473 — 473 #625
2016 522 — 522 #587
2015 557 — 557 #559
2014 577 — 577 #539
2013 597 — 597 #503
2012 724 — 724 #431
2011 780 — 780 #403
2010 887 — 887 #361
2009 972 — 972 #339
2008 1,064 — 1,064 #316
2007 1,192 — 1,192 #285
2006 1,363 — 1,363 #248
2005 1,409 — 1,409 #238
2004 1,512 9 1,521 #225
2003 1,613 — 1,613 #207
2002 1,778 — 1,778 #180
2001 1,796 6 1,802 #182
2000 1,991 — 1,991 #167
1999 2,134 — 2,134 #151
1998 3,230 13 3,243 #105
1997 4,223 9 4,232 #79
1996 4,326 17 4,343 #82
1995 3,970 12 3,982 #87
1994 3,912 21 3,933 #88
1993 3,901 24 3,925 #86
1992 4,590 24 4,614 #77
1991 4,156 26 4,182 #85
1990 4,453 19 4,472 #76
1989 4,502 36 4,538 #68
1988 4,463 26 4,489 #70
1987 4,809 33 4,842 #64
1986 5,013 37 5,050 #59
1985 4,990 28 5,018 #61
1984 5,131 26 5,157 #58
1983 5,405 36 5,441 #53
1982 5,734 39 5,773 #52
1981 5,782 31 5,813 #49
1980 6,034 43 6,077 #45
1979 6,585 34 6,619 #40
1978 5,867 31 5,898 #42
1977 6,366 32 6,398 #39
1976 5,978 34 6,012 #45
1975 5,476 33 5,509 #49
1974 6,281 30 6,311 #43
1973 6,380 42 6,422 #40
1972 6,133 26 6,159 #47
1971 6,426 30 6,456 #48
1970 6,188 33 6,221 #56
1969 6,032 26 6,058 #59
1968 5,221 8 5,229 #68
1967 4,966 8 4,974 #70
1966 4,722 12 4,734 #75
1965 5,113 15 5,128 #72
1964 4,655 14 4,669 #90
1963 3,994 10 4,004 #110
1962 4,010 11 4,021 #115
1961 3,391 12 3,403 #136
1960 3,088 8 3,096 #140
1959 2,594 7 2,601 #160
1958 2,414 7 2,421 #160
1957 2,491 — 2,491 #151
1956 2,162 — 2,162 #169
1955 1,817 — 1,817 #182
1954 1,823 — 1,823 #181
1953 1,600 — 1,600 #193
1952 1,464 — 1,464 #197
1951 1,298 — 1,298 #209
1950 1,059 — 1,059 #231
1949 826 — 826 #266
1948 847 5 852 #262
1947 615 — 615 #311
1946 457 — 457 #354
1945 400 — 400 #340
1944 342 — 342 #383
1943 299 — 299 #425
1942 325 — 325 #397
1941 261 — 261 #425
1940 285 — 285 #409
1939 256 — 256 #425
1938 269 — 269 #408
1937 292 — 292 #380
1936 273 — 273 #387
1935 332 — 332 #352
1934 259 — 259 #407
1933 213 — 213 #440
1932 215 — 215 #451
1931 192 — 192 #468
1930 168 — 168 #522
1929 182 — 182 #499
1928 218 — 218 #467
1927 189 — 189 #512
1926 190 — 190 #507
1925 198 — 198 #499
1924 223 — 223 #466
1923 199 — 199 #493
1922 206 — 206 #479
1921 247 — 247 #434
1920 215 — 215 #462
1919 178 — 178 #508
1918 223 — 223 #444
1917 252 — 252 #399
1916 278 — 278 #372
1915 196 — 196 #437
1914 156 — 156 #438
1913 164 — 164 #378
1912 130 — 130 #408
1911 83 — 83 #449
1910 79 — 79 #455
1909 71 — 71 #441
1908 62 — 62 #461
1907 61 — 61 #460
1906 52 — 52 #474
1905 53 — 53 #470
1904 54 — 54 #442
1903 36 — 36 #546
1902 33 — 33 #578
1901 44 — 44 #450
1900 39 — 39 #550
1899 30 — 30 #562
1898 41 — 41 #483
1897 34 — 34 #506
1896 36 — 36 #496
1895 20 — 20 #711
1894 22 — 22 #630
1893 25 — 25 #567
1892 27 — 27 #536
1891 25 — 25 #520
1890 17 — 17 #657
1889 14 — 14 #702
1888 13 — 13 #736
1887 13 — 13 #649
1886 10 — 10 #750
1885 10 — 10 #723
1884 8 — 8 #814
1883 5 — 5 #948
1881 10 — 10 #571
1880 6 — 6 #813