Monique
Monique is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. Its best rank was 93rd, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 560.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19803,163 births
- Best rank
- #93in 1980
- Since 1909
- 78,735people given the name
The story in the numbers
78,735 girls have been named Monique in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 3,163 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 56 births in 2024, against 3,163 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 30%. It has spent 54 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Monique | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 16 | |
| 1920s | 39 | |
| 1930s | 121 | |
| 1940s | 312 | |
| 1950s | 1,396 | |
| 1960s | 11,937 | |
| 1970s | 17,470 | |
| 1980s | 23,896 | |
| 1990s | 16,761 | |
| 2000s | 5,567 | |
| 2010s | 983 | |
| 2020s | 232 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Monique was the 93rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Monique
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stephinepeak 1981
- Stephaniepeak 1990
- Katrinapeak 1980
- Rachelepeak 1984
- Lachellepeak 1990
- Steffaniepeak 1990
- Rachellepeak 1971
- Carlisapeak 1990
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.