Monica

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Monica is a female given name with many variant forms, including Monica, Mónica, Mônica, Monique, Monika, Moonika, and Mónika.

From Wikipedia

Monica first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1979 with 6,585 babies (rank #40 that year). In 2024 it was given to 388 girls (rank #726). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Monica

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Monica yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

251,883

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

6,585

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Friends: Monica Geller — chef, neat freak
In La Casa de Papel (Money Heist): Mónica Gaztambide — Stockholm, hostage turned member
In Yellowstone: Monica Dutton — Kayce's wife

Famous people named Monica

Monica Belluccifilm actor · b. 1964
Monica Lewinskysocial psychologist · b. 1973
Monica Vittifilm actor · b. 1931
Monica of Hippob. 332
Monica Gellerexecutive chef · b. 1969

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	6	#813
1881	10	#572
1883	5	#1,008
1884	8	#833
1885	10	#728
1886	10	#759
1887	13	#652
1888	13	#744
1889	14	#710
1890	17	#661
1891	25	#519
1892	27	#537
1893	25	#566
1894	22	#639
1895	20	#719
1896	36	#496
1897	34	#504
1898	41	#482
1899	30	#561
1900	39	#553
1901	44	#450
1902	33	#581
1903	36	#547
1904	54	#441
1905	53	#470
1906	52	#475
1907	61	#460
1908	62	#460
1909	71	#441
1910	79	#454
1911	83	#449
1912	130	#409
1913	164	#378
1914	156	#439
1915	196	#437
1916	278	#373
1917	252	#399
1918	223	#444
1919	178	#509
1920	215	#462
1921	247	#434
1922	206	#480
1923	199	#494
1924	223	#467
1925	198	#500
1926	190	#507
1927	189	#512
1928	218	#467
1929	182	#500
1930	168	#522
1931	192	#468
1932	215	#451
1933	213	#440
1934	259	#407
1935	332	#352
1936	273	#387
1937	292	#380
1938	269	#409
1939	256	#425
1940	285	#409
1941	261	#425
1942	325	#398
1943	299	#426
1944	342	#383
1945	400	#339
1946	457	#355
1947	615	#311
1948	847	#262
1949	826	#267
1950	1,058	#231
1951	1,298	#209
1952	1,464	#197
1953	1,600	#193
1954	1,824	#181
1955	1,817	#182
1956	2,162	#169
1957	2,491	#151
1958	2,415	#160
1959	2,593	#160
1960	3,088	#140
1961	3,392	#136
1962	4,007	#115
1963	3,996	#110
1964	4,655	#90
1965	5,113	#72
1966	4,722	#75
1967	4,966	#70
1968	5,219	#68
1969	6,034	#59
1970	6,188	#56
1971	6,427	#48
1972	6,133	#47
1973	6,379	#40
1974	6,281	#43
1975	5,476	#49
1976	5,979	#45
1977	6,366	#39
1978	5,867	#42
1979	6,585	#40
1980	6,035	#45
1981	5,782	#49
1982	5,734	#52
1983	5,404	#54
1984	5,132	#58
1985	4,989	#61
1986	5,014	#59
1987	4,809	#64
1988	4,463	#70
1989	4,502	#68
1990	4,453	#76
1991	4,156	#85
1992	4,590	#77
1993	3,901	#86
1994	3,912	#88
1995	3,969	#87
1996	4,326	#82
1997	4,223	#79
1998	3,229	#105
1999	2,134	#151
2000	1,992	#167
2001	1,796	#182
2002	1,778	#180
2003	1,613	#207
2004	1,512	#225
2005	1,409	#238
2006	1,363	#248
2007	1,192	#285
2008	1,064	#317
2009	972	#339
2010	887	#361
2011	779	#405
2012	724	#431
2013	597	#504
2014	577	#539
2015	557	#559
2016	522	#587
2017	472	#626
2018	498	#608
2019	459	#638
2020	404	#697
2021	415	#695
2022	389	#744
2023	386	#729
2024	388	#726