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.

Monisha

#6,072 most common girls' name of all time · #10,248 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2017

Rank among girls
#6,072
Rank overall
#10,248 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,254
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1983 #1,383
Best rank
#1,383 1983
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
19802000

Monisha 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
2017 6 — 6 #14,433
2014 5 — 5 #16,967
2012 5 — 5 #17,255
2011 6 — 6 #15,123
2010 6 — 6 #15,299
2009 5 — 5 #17,725
2008 15 — 15 #8,208
2007 11 — 11 #10,288
2005 10 — 10 #10,309
2004 8 — 8 #11,868
2003 9 — 9 #10,609
2002 18 — 18 #6,208
2001 13 — 13 #7,853
2000 19 — 19 #5,772
1999 19 — 19 #5,509
1998 32 — 32 #3,685
1997 32 — 32 #3,582
1996 60 — 60 #2,243
1995 51 — 51 #2,502
1994 49 — 49 #2,563
1993 49 — 49 #2,556
1992 51 — 51 #2,500
1991 58 — 58 #2,256
1990 37 — 37 #3,051
1989 59 — 59 #2,112
1988 52 — 52 #2,207
1987 42 — 42 #2,473
1986 47 — 47 #2,217
1985 25 — 25 #3,471
1984 56 — 56 #1,899
1983 86 — 86 #1,383
1982 28 — 28 #3,138
1981 31 — 31 #2,898
1980 32 — 32 #2,846
1979 31 — 31 #2,839
1978 29 — 29 #2,842
1977 29 — 29 #2,819
1976 33 — 33 #2,474
1975 19 — 19 #3,588
1974 13 — 13 #4,625
1973 18 — 18 #3,583
1972 18 — 18 #3,508
1971 7 — 7 #7,088
1970 11 — 11 #4,979
1969 8 — 8 #5,827
1961 6 — 6 #6,540