first name
MONICA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 264,966 people named Monica, 41.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 38.3% as White and 13.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Monica peaked in 1979, when 6,619 babies got the name.
At least 252,257 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.
Monica by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #101. The largest share of babies named Monica, 37.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Monica is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Monica has been most common in New Mexico (2.3×), California (1.9×), and District of Columbia (1.7×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.35×).
247,820 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 Monica
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Monica, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Monica ranks #21,920 of 156,621, with 1,210 people. See Monica as a last name
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