first name
MONA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,167 people named Mona, 67.4% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 8.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mona peaked in 1957, when 1,231 babies got the name.
At least 45,818 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mona by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #456. The largest share of babies named Mona, 39.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mona is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mona has been most common in Louisiana (2.8×), Maine (2.3×), and Hawaii (2.1×), and least common in Connecticut (0.32×).
39,674 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mona
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mona, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mona ranks #30,901 of 156,621, with 806 people. See Mona as a last name
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