Monae
Monae is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998113 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 2,270people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,270 girls have been named Monae in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 113 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 34%.
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Monae was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Monae
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yasmeenpeak 1997
- Katarinapeak 1994
- Karishmapeak 1994
- Kathiapeak 1996
- Essencepeak 1998
- Lorynpeak 1999
- Micaelapeak 1995
- Kiahpeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.