first name
MONIQUE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 71,263 people named Monique, 43.2% reported their origin as Black, 25.2% as White and 23.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 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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Monique peaked in 1980, when 3,182 babies got the name.
At least 79,160 babies have been given the name since 1909. 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.
Monique by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #251. The largest share of babies named Monique, 43.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Monique is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Monique has been most common in District of Columbia (3.2×), New Mexico (3.2×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Iowa (0.12×).
75,880 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 Monique
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Monique, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Monique ranks #117,879 of 156,621, with 156 people. See Monique as a last name
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