The name Monica is of Late Latin origin, and means adviser.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Monica has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Monica
Use of the Name Monica for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
236,465
217,438
99,254
26,492
8,635
3,092
1,487
The table below indicates the number of times the name Monica has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Monica
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
813
6
1881
572
10
1882
1883
1884
833
8
1885
728
10
1886
759
10
1887
652
13
1888
744
13
1889
710
14
1890
661
17
1891
519
25
1892
537
27
1893
566
25
1894
620
23
1895
719
20
1896
496
36
1897
504
34
1898
482
41
1899
561
30
1900
554
39
1901
450
44
1902
581
33
1903
547
36
1904
441
54
1905
470
53
1906
475
52
1907
459
61
1908
460
62
1909
440
71
1910
453
79
1911
450
82
1912
407
130
1913
378
163
1914
440
154
1915
436
197
1916
371
278
1917
399
252
1918
444
223
1919
504
179
1920
465
213
1921
434
249
1922
481
206
1923
492
199
1924
468
222
1925
497
200
1926
506
191
1927
511
189
1928
468
217
1929
500
182
1930
520
169
1931
467
192
1932
451
215
1933
441
213
1934
406
260
1935
352
331
1936
387
273
1937
378
294
1938
408
270
1939
425
254
1940
409
285
1941
426
261
1942
399
324
1943
425
299
1944
382
342
1945
340
401
1946
354
456
1947
313
609
1948
261
848
1949
267
825
1950
231
1,059
1951
210
1,292
1952
197
1,463
1953
193
1,596
1954
181
1,824
1955
184
1,813
1956
169
2,157
1957
151
2,495
1958
160
2,404
1959
160
2,591
1960
140
3,091
1961
136
3,381
1962
115
4,003
1963
110
3,996
1964
90
4,644
1965
72
5,097
1966
75
4,717
1967
70
4,961
1968
68
5,210
1969
60
6,024
1970
56
6,184
1971
48
6,419
1972
48
6,119
1973
40
6,368
1974
43
6,275
1975
49
5,470
1976
45
5,969
1977
39
6,356
1978
42
5,864
1979
40
6,576
1980
45
6,020
1981
49
5,776
1982
52
5,721
1983
54
5,397
1984
58
5,130
1985
61
4,977
1986
59
5,006
1987
64
4,808
1988
71
4,453
1989
68
4,492
1990
76
4,447
1991
85
4,156
1992
77
4,572
1993
86
3,903
1994
88
3,904
1995
87
3,968
1996
81
4,324
1997
79
4,216
1998
105
3,223
1999
151
2,126
2000
167
1,986
2001
183
1,785
2002
180
1,772
2003
206
1,605
2004
226
1,487
Totals:
236,465
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Monica as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Monica appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 123 times during the last 125 years.