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How popular is “Mona” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mona” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mona” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mona” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mona” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mona” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mona” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mona” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 14 0.000072656 14 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1883 16 0.000073751 16 100%
1884 18 0.000073934 18 100%
1885 17 0.000070582 17 100%
1886 31 0.000121418 31 100%
1887 22 0.000088928 22 100%
1888 32 0.000106854 32 100%
1889 29 0.000100365 29 100%
1890 33 0.000109489 33 100%
1891 44 0.000153485 44 100%
1892 47 0.000140561 47 100%
1893 58 0.000178339 58 100%
1894 54 0.000159438 54 100%
1895 53 0.000150989 53 100%
1896 56 0.00015665 56 100%
1897 59 0.00017005 59 100%
1898 61 0.000159914 61 100%
1899 57 0.000168026 57 100%
1900 69 0.000153245 69 100%
1901 42 0.000121453 42 100%
1902 55 0.000142217 55 100%
1903 59 0.000154774 59 100%
1904 73 0.000180924 73 100%
1905 80 0.000188714 80 100%
1906 71 0.000165713 71 100%
1907 70 0.000150411 70 100%
1908 85 0.000173949 85 100%
1909 87 0.00017018 87 100%
1910 101 0.00017098 101 100%
1911 105 0.000162973 105 100%
1912 156 0.000157885 156 100%
1913 174 0.00015302 174 100%
1914 212 0.000149681 212 100%
1915 265 0.000144617 265 100%
1916 253 0.000130789 253 100%
1917 313 0.000155974 313 100%
1918 245 0.000112845 245 100%
1919 253 0.000119891 253 100%
1920 262 0.000115794 262 100%
1921 301 0.000128935 301 100%
1922 274 0.000119695 274 100%
1923 292 0.00012682 292 100%
1924 329 0.000138142 329 100%
1925 322 0.000138002 322 100%
1926 369 0.000160721 369 100%
1927 376 0.000162114 376 100%
1928 422 0.000186648 422 100%
1929 499 0.000227629 499 100%
1930 540 0.000242884 540 100%
1931 496 0.000235698 496 100%
1932 613 0.000290344 613 100%
1933 619 0.000309586 614 5 98%
1934 635 0.000305756 635 100%
1935 675 0.000322982 670 5 99%
1936 656 0.000315752 656 100%
1937 628 0.000294743 623 5 98%
1938 641 0.000289708 641 100%
1939 529 0.000240079 523 6 98%
1940 470 0.00020411 470 100%
1941 444 0.000182234 444 100%
1942 418 0.000153012 418 100%
1943 359 0.00012719 359 100%
1944 342 0.000127134 342 100%
1945 366 0.000137962 366 100%
1946 427 0.000133633 427 100%
1947 446 0.000123809 446 100%
1948 455 0.000131788 455 100%
1949 513 0.000147212 513 100%
1950 1088 0.000310559 1088 100%
1951 1106 0.000300238 1106 100%
1952 950 0.000250131 950 100%
1953 1061 0.000275324 1061 100%
1954 1192 0.000299444 1192 100%
1955 1093 0.000272224 1093 100%
1956 1186 0.000287652 1186 100%
1957 1232 0.000293184 1232 100%
1958 1089 0.000263431 1089 100%
1959 1183 0.000284512 1183 100%
1960 1080 0.000260002 1080 100%
1961 1092 0.000263622 1092 100%
1962 967 0.000239631 967 100%
1963 1009 0.000254914 1009 100%
1964 890 0.000228933 890 100%
1965 874 0.000241074 874 100%
1966 903 0.000259807 903 100%
1967 686 0.000202068 681 5 99%
1968 608 0.000179966 608 100%
1969 696 0.000200269 691 5 99%
1970 633 0.000175516 633 100%
1971 459 0.000133727 459 100%
1972 454 0.000144448 454 100%
1973 365 0.000120986 365 100%
1974 305 0.000100329 305 100%
1975 270 0.000089422 270 100%
1976 258 0.000085028 258 100%
1977 220 0.000069259 220 100%
1978 235 0.000074042 235 100%
1979 190 0.000057109 190 100%
1980 157 0.00004558 157 100%
1981 181 0.000052322 181 100%
1982 165 0.000047036 165 100%
1983 152 0.000043888 152 100%
1984 122 0.000034969 122 100%
1985 154 0.000043148 154 100%
1986 163 0.000045824 163 100%
1987 139 0.000038551 139 100%
1988 142 0.00003843 142 100%
1989 140 0.000036416 140 100%
1990 126 0.000031879 126 100%
1991 154 0.000039535 154 100%
1992 129 0.000033583 129 100%
1993 126 0.000033419 126 100%
1994 101 0.000027168 101 100%
1995 112 0.000030583 112 100%
1996 151 0.000041402 151 100%
1997 113 0.000031166 113 100%
1998 111 0.000030178 111 100%
1999 105 0.000028425 105 100%
2000 126 0.000033334 126 100%
2001 97 0.000025912 97 100%
2002 97 0.000025948 97 100%
2003 88 0.000023144 88 100%
2004 82 0.000021461 82 100%
2005 104 0.000027049 104 100%
2006 92 0.000023255 92 100%
2007 88 0.000022013 88 100%
2008 92 0.000023406 92 100%
2009 73 0.000019109 73 100%
2010 89 0.000024082 89 100%
2011 94 0.000025699 94 100%
2012 74 0.000020233 74 100%
2013 115 0.000031544 115 100%
2014 97 0.000026171 97 100%
2015 107 0.000028912 107 100%
2016 119 0.000032437 119 100%
2017 116 0.000032437 116 100%
2018 109 0.000031002 109 100%
2019 106 0.000030539 106 100%
2020 99 0.000029636 99 100%
2021 96 0.000028336 96 100%
2022 88 0.000026011 88 100%
2023 91 0.000027483 91 100%
2024 85 0.000025537 85 100%

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