How rare is the name Monroe?

8,580 people in the United States have the first name Monroe, about 1 in 35,202. It ranks #2,732 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MONROE

#2,732

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,580
About
1 in 35,202
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,580 people named Monroe, 61% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Black and 7.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 58.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Monroe peaked in 2025, when 815 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
815
In 2025*
815
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 24,360 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.

Monroe by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #457. The largest share of babies named Monroe, 33.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#457614
1890s#597565
1900s#628720
1910s#6352,450
1920s#6943,202
1930s#8112,169
1940s#1,0011,862
1950s#1,4731,284
1960s#2,081753
1970s#2,848534
1980s#4,030388
1990s#5,231371
2000s#4,719603
2010s#1,2284,499
2020s#8764,346
Before 19015.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.8%
Baby boom 1946–6410%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–962.5%
Generation Z 1997–125.7%
2013 and later33.6%

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 Monroe is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Monroe has been most common in Mississippi (4.1×), Arkansas (2.7×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.18×).

17,219 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.

Exactly as common as Monroe

1 other first name also has 8,580 people.

#2,732 Elda · 8,580

Either side of Monroe

#2,731 Sandeep · 8,581#2,732 Elda · 8,580#2,734 Kaci · 8,575#2,735 Elma · 8,574

Also a last name

As a last name, Monroe ranks #618 of 156,621, with 53,483 people. See Monroe as a last name

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