Monroe
Monroe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 153 births. Its best rank was 179th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1530.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1921375 births
- Best rank
- #179in 1882
- Since 1880
- 23,536people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,933 boys have been named Monroe in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 375 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 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 92 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Monroe is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are girls (6,603), most of them born around 2021.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Monroe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 614 | |
| 1890s | 565 | |
| 1900s | 720 | |
| 1910s | 2,450 | |
| 1920s | 3,194 | |
| 1930s | 2,163 | |
| 1940s | 1,861 | |
| 1950s | 1,279 | |
| 1960s | 753 | |
| 1970s | 534 | |
| 1980s | 388 | |
| 1990s | 335 | |
| 2000s | 340 | |
| 2010s | 1,024 | |
| 2020s | 713 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Monroe was the 290th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Monroe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lutherpeak 1922
- Websterpeak 1915
- Roscoepeak 1920
- Rufuspeak 1922
- Sampeak 1918
- Granvillepeak 1918
- Claudepeak 1920
- Archiepeak 1918
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.