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 1952 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1966 with 735 babies (rank #25 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

11,357

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

735

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

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	146	#105
1953	140	#111
1954	156	#102
1955	220	#66
1956	238	#73
1957	372	#50
1958	418	#43
1959	497	#36
1960	563	#30
1961	667	#28
1962	690	#26
1963	706	#28
1964	720	#27
1965	706	#26
1966	735	#25
1967	590	#32
1968	382	#53
1969	343	#59
1970	289	#74
1971	263	#78
1972	272	#68
1973	175	#101
1974	125	#139
1975	98	#162
1976	90	#178
1977	84	#192
1978	91	#180
1979	88	#180
1980	67	#226
1981	73	#213
1982	60	#242
1983	56	#247
1984	66	#223
1985	66	#231
1986	51	#282
1987	91	#185
1988	83	#191
1989	75	#222
1990	87	#192
1991	87	#194
1992	63	#253
1993	72	#228
1994	70	#227
1995	64	#235
1996	58	#254
1997	47	#314
1998	36	#386
1999	22	#512
2000	36	#376
2001	33	#396
2002	22	#513
2003	27	#450
2004	15	#623
2005	17	#554
2006	7	#905
2007	7	#896
2008	11	#682
2009	9	#753
2010	5	#981
2011	4	#1,067
2013	4	#1,012
2015	2	#132