Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Monica

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Monica
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 94.1% from peak

Peak era

1979

Peak rank proxy

6,585

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19792024

Peak year

1979

Decline from peak

94.1%

2024

388

All-time

250,900

Monica once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1979, when 6,585 girls were named Monica.

In 2024, only 388 girls were given the name.

Down 94.1% from its peak.

All told, about 250,900 Americans have been named Monica and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.1% from peak

In 1979:6,585 girls named Monica

In 2024:388 girls named Monica

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