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How popular is “Monica” in the USA?

Number of people named “Monica” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Monica” 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 “Monica” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Monica” by birth year

This chart shows how “Monica” 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 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1886 10 0.000039167 10 100%
1887 13 0.000052548 13 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 100%
1890 17 0.000056403 17 100%
1891 25 0.000087207 25 100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 100%
1893 25 0.00007687 25 100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 100%
1895 20 0.000056977 20 100%
1896 36 0.000100704 36 100%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 100%
1898 41 0.000107483 41 100%
1899 30 0.000088435 30 100%
1900 39 0.000086617 39 100%
1901 44 0.000127237 44 100%
1902 33 0.00008533 33 100%
1903 36 0.000094439 36 100%
1904 54 0.000133834 54 100%
1905 53 0.000125023 53 100%
1906 52 0.000121367 52 100%
1907 61 0.000131073 61 100%
1908 62 0.00012688 62 100%
1909 71 0.000138882 71 100%
1910 79 0.000133737 79 100%
1911 83 0.000128826 83 100%
1912 130 0.000131571 130 100%
1913 164 0.000144225 164 100%
1914 156 0.000110143 156 100%
1915 196 0.000106962 196 100%
1916 278 0.000143713 278 100%
1917 252 0.000125576 252 100%
1918 223 0.000102712 223 100%
1919 178 0.00008435 178 100%
1920 215 0.000095022 215 100%
1921 247 0.000105804 247 100%
1922 206 0.000089989 206 100%
1923 199 0.000086429 199 100%
1924 223 0.000093634 223 100%
1925 198 0.000084858 198 100%
1926 190 0.000082756 190 100%
1927 189 0.000081488 189 100%
1928 218 0.00009642 218 100%
1929 182 0.000083023 182 100%
1930 168 0.000075564 168 100%
1931 192 0.000091238 192 100%
1932 215 0.000101833 215 100%
1933 213 0.000106529 213 100%
1934 259 0.00012471 259 100%
1935 332 0.000158859 332 100%
1936 273 0.000131403 273 100%
1937 292 0.000137046 292 100%
1938 269 0.000121578 269 100%
1939 256 0.000116182 256 100%
1940 285 0.000123769 285 100%
1941 261 0.000107124 261 100%
1942 325 0.000118968 325 100%
1943 299 0.000105932 299 100%
1944 342 0.000127134 342 100%
1945 400 0.000150778 400 100%
1946 457 0.000143022 457 100%
1947 615 0.000170723 615 100%
1948 852 0.000246776 847 5 99%
1949 826 0.000237031 826 100%
1950 1058 0.000301996 1058 100%
1951 1298 0.000352359 1298 100%
1952 1464 0.000385466 1464 100%
1953 1600 0.000415191 1600 100%
1954 1824 0.00045821 1824 100%
1955 1817 0.000452544 1817 100%
1956 2162 0.000524371 2162 100%
1957 2491 0.000592793 2491 100%
1958 2422 0.000585887 2415 7 99%
1959 2600 0.000625302 2593 7 99%
1960 3096 0.000745339 3088 8 99%
1961 3404 0.000821766 3392 12 99%
1962 4018 0.000995695 4007 11 99%
1963 4006 0.001012076 3996 10 100%
1964 4669 0.001200996 4655 14 99%
1965 5128 0.001414445 5113 15 99%
1966 4734 0.001362045 4722 12 99%
1967 4974 0.00146514 4966 8 100%
1968 5227 0.001547176 5219 8 100%
1969 6060 0.001743723 6034 26 99%
1970 6221 0.001724934 6188 33 99%
1971 6457 0.001881216 6427 30 99%
1972 6159 0.001959597 6133 26 99%
1973 6421 0.002128353 6379 42 99%
1974 6311 0.002075988 6281 30 99%
1975 5509 0.001824538 5476 33 99%
1976 6013 0.001981676 5979 34 99%
1977 6398 0.00201417 6366 32 99%
1978 5898 0.001858299 5867 31 99%
1979 6619 0.00198948 6585 34 99%
1980 6078 0.001764549 6035 43 99%
1981 5813 0.001680361 5782 31 99%
1982 5773 0.001645685 5734 39 99%
1983 5440 0.001570739 5404 36 99%
1984 5158 0.001478464 5132 26 99%
1985 5017 0.001405673 4989 28 99%
1986 5051 0.001419986 5014 37 99%
1987 4842 0.001342906 4809 33 99%
1988 4489 0.001214871 4463 26 99%
1989 4538 0.001180404 4502 36 98%
1990 4472 0.001131442 4453 19 99%
1991 4182 0.001073611 4156 26 99%
1992 4614 0.001201164 4590 24 99%
1993 3925 0.001041037 3901 24 99%
1994 3933 0.001057926 3912 21 99%
1995 3981 0.001087065 3969 12 99%
1996 4343 0.001190778 4326 17 99%
1997 4232 0.001167207 4223 9 100%
1998 3242 0.000881408 3229 13 99%
1999 2134 0.000577714 2134 100%
2000 1992 0.000526997 1992 100%
2001 1802 0.000481382 1796 6 99%
2002 1778 0.000475618 1778 100%
2003 1613 0.000424215 1613 100%
2004 1521 0.000398071 1512 9 99%
2005 1409 0.000366465 1409 100%
2006 1363 0.000344523 1363 100%
2007 1192 0.000298173 1192 100%
2008 1064 0.000270692 1064 100%
2009 972 0.000254439 972 100%
2010 887 0.000240006 887 100%
2011 779 0.00021297 779 100%
2012 724 0.000197957 724 100%
2013 597 0.000163756 597 100%
2014 577 0.000155678 577 100%
2015 557 0.000150503 557 100%
2016 522 0.000142285 522 100%
2017 472 0.000131984 472 100%
2018 498 0.000141642 498 100%
2019 459 0.000132241 459 100%
2020 404 0.000120937 404 100%
2021 415 0.000122493 415 100%
2022 389 0.000114982 389 100%
2023 386 0.000116574 386 100%
2024 388 0.000116569 388 100%

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