Monica was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #39 in 1977 but is far less common today.
Monica is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #737 for girl births in the United States (and #1,452 across all names), given to 371 babies. Monica was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1979 (6,585 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 371 | 371 | #737 | — |
| 2024 | 390 | 390 | #724 | — |
| 2023 | 386 | 386 | #729 | — |
| 2022 | 389 | 389 | #744 | — |
| 2021 | 415 | 415 | #695 | — |
| 2020 | 404 | 409 | #697 | — |
| 2019 | 459 | 459 | #638 | — |
| 2018 | 498 | 504 | #608 | — |
| 2017 | 473 | 480 | #626 | — |
| 2016 | 522 | 522 | #587 | — |
| 2015 | 557 | 565 | #559 | — |
| 2014 | 577 | 582 | #539 | — |
| 2013 | 597 | 603 | #504 | — |
| 2012 | 724 | 732 | #431 | — |
| 2011 | 780 | 790 | #404 | — |
| 2010 | 887 | 899 | #361 | — |
| 2009 | 972 | 981 | #339 | — |
| 2008 | 1,064 | 1,080 | #317 | — |
| 2007 | 1,192 | 1,211 | #285 | — |
| 2006 | 1,363 | 1,388 | #248 | — |
| 2005 | 1,409 | 1,428 | #238 | — |
| 2004 | 1,521 | 1,552 | #225 | #7,972 |
| 2003 | 1,613 | 1,647 | #207 | — |
| 2002 | 1,778 | 1,817 | #180 | — |
| 2001 | 1,802 | 1,828 | #182 | #10,122 |
| 2000 | 1,991 | 2,027 | #167 | — |
| 1999 | 2,134 | 2,178 | #151 | — |
| 1998 | 3,243 | 3,321 | #105 | #5,089 |
| 1997 | 4,232 | — | #79 | #6,446 |
| 1996 | 4,343 | — | #82 | #3,965 |
| 1995 | 3,982 | — | #87 | #5,013 |
| 1994 | 3,933 | — | #88 | #3,299 |
| 1993 | 3,925 | — | #86 | #2,918 |
| 1992 | 4,614 | — | #77 | #2,898 |
| 1991 | 4,182 | — | #85 | #2,660 |
| 1990 | 4,472 | — | #76 | #3,267 |
| 1989 | 4,538 | — | #68 | #2,017 |
| 1988 | 4,489 | — | #70 | #2,340 |
| 1987 | 4,842 | — | #64 | #1,926 |
| 1986 | 5,050 | — | #59 | #1,714 |
| 1985 | 5,018 | — | #61 | #2,050 |
| 1984 | 5,157 | — | #58 | #2,082 |
| 1983 | 5,441 | — | #54 | #1,645 |
| 1982 | 5,773 | — | #52 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 5,813 | — | #49 | #1,845 |
| 1980 | 6,077 | — | #45 | #1,462 |
| 1979 | 6,619 | — | #40 | #1,698 |
| 1978 | 5,898 | — | #42 | #1,743 |
| 1977 | 6,398 | — | #39 | #1,696 |
| 1976 | 6,012 | — | #45 | #1,593 |
| 1975 | 5,509 | — | #49 | #1,585 |
| 1974 | 6,311 | — | #43 | #1,645 |
| 1973 | 6,422 | — | #40 | #1,285 |
| 1972 | 6,159 | — | #47 | #1,754 |
| 1971 | 6,456 | — | #48 | #1,624 |
| 1970 | 6,221 | — | #56 | #1,486 |
| 1969 | 6,058 | — | #59 | #1,629 |
| 1968 | 5,229 | — | #68 | #3,282 |
| 1967 | 4,974 | — | #70 | #3,160 |
| 1966 | 4,734 | — | #75 | #2,415 |
| 1965 | 5,128 | — | #72 | #2,142 |
| 1964 | 4,669 | — | #90 | #2,279 |
| 1963 | 4,004 | — | #110 | #2,799 |
| 1962 | 4,021 | — | #115 | #2,623 |
| 1961 | 3,403 | — | #136 | #2,496 |
| 1960 | 3,096 | — | #140 | #3,250 |
| 1959 | 2,601 | — | #160 | #3,491 |
| 1958 | 2,421 | — | #160 | #3,479 |
| 1957 | 2,491 | — | #151 | — |
| 1956 | 2,162 | — | #169 | — |
| 1955 | 1,817 | — | #182 | — |
| 1954 | 1,823 | — | #181 | — |
| 1953 | 1,600 | — | #193 | — |
| 1952 | 1,464 | — | #197 | — |
| 1951 | 1,298 | — | #209 | — |
| 1950 | 1,059 | — | #231 | — |
| 1949 | 826 | — | #266 | — |
| 1948 | 852 | — | #262 | #4,020 |
| 1947 | 615 | — | #311 | — |
| 1946 | 457 | — | #355 | — |
| 1945 | 400 | — | #339 | — |
| 1944 | 342 | — | #383 | — |
| 1943 | 299 | — | #426 | — |
| 1942 | 325 | — | #398 | — |
| 1941 | 261 | — | #425 | — |
| 1940 | 285 | — | #409 | — |
| 1939 | 256 | — | #425 | — |
| 1938 | 269 | — | #409 | — |
| 1937 | 292 | — | #380 | — |
| 1936 | 273 | — | #387 | — |
| 1935 | 332 | — | #352 | — |
| 1934 | 259 | — | #407 | — |
| 1933 | 213 | — | #440 | — |
| 1932 | 215 | — | #451 | — |
| 1931 | 192 | — | #468 | — |
| 1930 | 168 | — | #522 | — |
| 1929 | 182 | — | #500 | — |
| 1928 | 218 | — | #467 | — |
| 1927 | 189 | — | #512 | — |
| 1926 | 190 | — | #507 | — |
| 1925 | 198 | — | #500 | — |
| 1924 | 223 | — | #467 | — |
| 1923 | 199 | — | #494 | — |
| 1922 | 206 | — | #480 | — |
| 1921 | 247 | — | #434 | — |
| 1920 | 215 | — | #462 | — |
| 1919 | 178 | — | #509 | — |
| 1918 | 223 | — | #444 | — |
| 1917 | 252 | — | #399 | — |
| 1916 | 278 | — | #373 | — |
| 1915 | 196 | — | #437 | — |
| 1914 | 156 | — | #439 | — |
| 1913 | 164 | — | #378 | — |
| 1912 | 130 | — | #409 | — |
| 1911 | 83 | — | #449 | — |
| 1910 | 79 | — | #454 | — |
| 1909 | 71 | — | #441 | — |
| 1908 | 62 | — | #460 | — |
| 1907 | 61 | — | #460 | — |
| 1906 | 52 | — | #475 | — |
| 1905 | 53 | — | #470 | — |
| 1904 | 54 | — | #441 | — |
| 1903 | 36 | — | #547 | — |
| 1902 | 33 | — | #581 | — |
| 1901 | 44 | — | #450 | — |
| 1900 | 39 | — | #553 | — |
| 1899 | 30 | — | #561 | — |
| 1898 | 41 | — | #482 | — |
| 1897 | 34 | — | #504 | — |
| 1896 | 36 | — | #496 | — |
| 1895 | 20 | — | #719 | — |
| 1894 | 22 | — | #639 | — |
| 1893 | 25 | — | #566 | — |
| 1892 | 27 | — | #537 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | — | #519 | — |
| 1890 | 17 | — | #661 | — |
| 1889 | 14 | — | #710 | — |
| 1888 | 13 | — | #744 | — |
| 1887 | 13 | — | #652 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #759 | — |
| 1885 | 10 | — | #728 | — |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #833 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #1,008 | — |
| 1881 | 10 | — | #572 | — |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #813 | — |