Names/M

Monique

girls’ nameFadedCompare

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
Babies named Monique, by year of birthgirls
01.3k2.5k3.8k5k18801900192019401960198020002020

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

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Monique
1900s5
1910s16
1920s39
1930s121
1940s312
1950s1,396
1960s11,937
1970s17,470
1980s23,896
1990s16,761
2000s5,567
2010s983
2020s232

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.

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.