Monika

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Monika is a female name in German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovenian, Macedonian, Croatian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Hungarian and Japanese which can also be seen in India.

From Wikipedia

Monika first appears in the data in 1942 and has been recorded in 78 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1990 with 257 babies (rank #785 that year). In 2024 it was given to 13 girls (rank #8,248). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Monika

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

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.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.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

9,790

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

257

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Monika

Monika Linkytėsongwriter · b. 1992
Monika Kuszyńskasinger · b. 1980
Monika Liusinger-songwriter · b. 1988
Monika Soćkochess player · b. 1978
Monika Zehrtathletics competitor · b. 1952

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1942	5	#5,147
1948	9	#3,791
1949	16	#2,594
1950	8	#4,215
1951	9	#3,912
1952	17	#2,642
1953	16	#2,781
1954	35	#1,757
1955	35	#1,791
1956	48	#1,543
1957	54	#1,449
1958	71	#1,262
1959	81	#1,189
1960	102	#1,067
1961	124	#970
1962	121	#971
1963	124	#952
1964	117	#986
1965	126	#897
1966	159	#780
1967	158	#792
1968	154	#819
1969	151	#845
1970	153	#873
1971	187	#779
1972	177	#776
1973	179	#758
1974	173	#789
1975	161	#838
1976	195	#746
1977	214	#723
1978	224	#707
1979	202	#788
1980	213	#775
1981	231	#716
1982	190	#827
1983	222	#737
1984	170	#886
1985	172	#922
1986	243	#733
1987	250	#724
1988	250	#753
1989	221	#848
1990	257	#785
1991	252	#817
1992	216	#908
1993	254	#798
1994	203	#930
1995	238	#827
1996	257	#800
1997	246	#840
1998	224	#931
1999	133	#1,340
2000	151	#1,286
2001	130	#1,456
2002	123	#1,544
2003	99	#1,869
2004	116	#1,678
2005	107	#1,830
2006	117	#1,785
2007	107	#1,933
2008	99	#2,070
2009	79	#2,441
2010	71	#2,579
2011	63	#2,789
2012	44	#3,626
2013	57	#2,963
2014	49	#3,307
2015	47	#3,421
2016	45	#3,505
2017	43	#3,607
2018	33	#4,314
2019	29	#4,740
2020	33	#4,236
2021	24	#5,352
2022	28	#4,862
2023	36	#4,099
2024	13	#8,248