NameTides

Monica

Monica was the #736 girls' name in the US in 2025 (371 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Monica as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Monica as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Monica as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#736 (371)#1,229 (26)———#916 (30)—
2024#723 (390)#1,449 (22)#790 (3)——#734 (40)—
2023#729 (386)#1,255 (26)——#727 (4)#831 (33)—
2022#744 (389)#1,383 (23)———#1,209 (20)—
2021#695 (415)#1,102 (31)#485 (6)——#746 (39)—
2020#696 (404)#1,164 (28)——#544 (6)#1,059 (24)—
2019#638 (459)#1,316 (24)———#970 (27)—
2018#606 (498)#1,111 (31)———#714 (40)—
2017#625 (473)#968 (38)——#734 (4)#759 (37)—
2016#587 (522)#881 (42)#502 (6)—#661 (5)#867 (31)—
2015#559 (557)#794 (48)#806 (3)—#896 (3)#609 (49)—
2014#539 (577)#877 (43)#537 (6)——#611 (50)—
2013#503 (597)#1,075 (33)——#894 (3)#581 (51)—
2012#431 (724)#1,253 (26)———#498 (61)—
2011#403 (780)#973 (36)#465 (7)——#681 (42)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #40.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Monica is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Monica by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #619ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #572NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #548CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #700TXFlorida: #542FL
Monica (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59021

Monica (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MonicaCanadaGirls#91630
MonicaEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
MonicaIrelandGirls—too few
MonicaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MonicaNSWGirls—too few
MonicaScotlandGirls—too few
MonicaUSGirls#736371
MonicaUSBoys—too few