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.

Monroe**

#747 most common boys' name of all time · #1,677 across all names · 70% boys / 30% girls · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#747
Rank overall
#1,677 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
24,360
Since 2016
6,697
Peak year
2025 #1,260
Best rank
#180 1882
Girls Boys peak 815/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Monroe 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 658 157 815 #1,260
2024 530 154 684 #1,275
2023 574 141 715 #1,340
2022 568 116 684 #1,540
2021 587 189 776 #1,103
2020 557 115 672 #1,478
2019 510 113 623 #1,507
2018 502 117 619 #1,478
2017 428 133 561 #1,341
2016 419 129 548 #1,373
2015 396 142 538 #1,266
2014 359 120 479 #1,405
2013 356 111 467 #1,475
2012 267 79 346 #1,849
2011 143 43 186 #2,748
2010 94 38 132 #3,014
2009 61 42 103 #2,848
2008 37 41 78 #2,879
2007 38 41 79 #2,868
2006 32 36 68 #3,025
2005 24 38 62 #2,804
2004 26 22 48 #4,007
2003 13 28 41 #3,281
2002 15 29 44 #3,095
2001 9 33 42 #2,797
2000 7 31 38 #2,864
1999 7 30 37 #2,797
1998 10 24 34 #3,194
1997 9 32 41 #2,502
1996 10 29 39 #2,591
1995 — 45 45 #1,889
1994 — 38 38 #2,125
1993 — 32 32 #2,348
1992 — 32 32 #2,303
1991 — 35 35 #2,096
1990 — 38 38 #1,969
1989 — 35 35 #2,028
1988 — 29 29 #2,147
1987 — 31 31 #1,974
1986 — 40 40 #1,619
1985 — 41 41 #1,569
1984 — 30 30 #1,844
1983 — 49 49 #1,328
1982 — 45 45 #1,416
1981 — 48 48 #1,363
1980 — 40 40 #1,525
1979 — 51 51 #1,292
1978 — 41 41 #1,452
1977 — 55 55 #1,187
1976 — 45 45 #1,320
1975 — 44 44 #1,305
1974 — 53 53 #1,124
1973 — 62 62 #1,023
1972 — 39 39 #1,348
1971 — 74 74 #948
1970 — 70 70 #960
1969 — 69 69 #917
1968 — 75 75 #840
1967 — 70 70 #857
1966 — 70 70 #871
1965 — 68 68 #891
1964 — 76 76 #875
1963 — 88 88 #807
1962 — 77 77 #862
1961 — 86 86 #826
1960 — 74 74 #886
1959 — 96 96 #783
1958 — 93 93 #771
1957 — 128 128 #675
1956 — 123 123 #680
1955 — 136 136 #638
1954 — 113 113 #677
1953 — 149 149 #590
1952 — 170 170 #540
1951 6 145 151 #573
1950 — 125 125 #612
1949 — 167 167 #517
1948 — 189 189 #484
1947 — 206 206 #468
1946 — 186 186 #471
1945 — 154 154 #484
1944 — 185 185 #447
1943 — 206 206 #437
1942 — 189 189 #451
1941 — 183 183 #432
1940 — 197 197 #411
1939 — 191 191 #413
1938 6 204 210 #398
1937 — 194 194 #401
1936 — 223 223 #362
1935 — 210 210 #375
1934 — 213 213 #371
1933 — 219 219 #365
1932 — 200 200 #397
1931 — 248 248 #350
1930 — 261 261 #351
1929 — 274 274 #336
1928 8 280 288 #338
1927 — 302 302 #329
1926 — 320 320 #317
1925 — 303 303 #332
1924 — 293 293 #339
1923 — 334 334 #315
1922 — 354 354 #304
1921 — 375 375 #289
1920 — 359 359 #298
1919 — 339 339 #293
1918 — 362 362 #282
1917 — 334 334 #283
1916 — 300 300 #299
1915 — 310 310 #281
1914 — 251 251 #278
1913 — 210 210 #264
1912 — 175 175 #265
1911 — 91 91 #273
1910 — 78 78 #277
1909 — 75 75 #258
1908 — 81 81 #232
1907 — 72 72 #245
1906 — 72 72 #230
1905 — 79 79 #215
1904 — 64 64 #237
1903 — 67 67 #221
1902 — 59 59 #238
1901 — 62 62 #221
1900 — 89 89 #208
1899 — 44 44 #252
1898 — 58 58 #231
1897 — 58 58 #224
1896 — 63 63 #226
1895 — 63 63 #219
1894 — 58 58 #224
1893 — 63 63 #215
1892 — 58 58 #234
1891 — 47 47 #235
1890 — 53 53 #227
1889 — 68 68 #194
1888 — 74 74 #203
1887 — 56 56 #206
1886 — 73 73 #187
1885 — 54 54 #223
1884 — 56 56 #224
1883 — 46 46 #235
1882 — 76 76 #180
1881 — 58 58 #196
1880 — 53 53 #224