Girls' name · peaked in 1980

Monique name popularity since 1925

79,134 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Monique. Half of them were born in 1982 or earlier, so the typical Monique is about 44 years old in 2026. Monique peaked in 1980 as the #93 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 79,134; Named Monique, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1980; #93 for girls that year
Typical age: About 44; Median birth year 1982
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #3,370 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.5% girls; 78,757 girls · 377 boys
Most popular in: District of Columbia; 3.12× its national share

Peak year is the year Monique made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Monique births per year, 1925–2025

1980 was the biggest year for Monique both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1955 and 1960, Monique became 5.4× more common, from 1 in 17,500 baby girls to 1 in 3,220.
Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 4,290 to 1 in 13,300.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Monique's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Monique.

Decade by decade

Babies named Monique in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	34	0	–
1930s	121	0	#2,272
1940s	312	0	#1,565
1950s	1,396	0	#930
1960s	11,937	60	#204
1970s	17,468	125	#176
1980s	23,897	142	#140
1990s	16,761	50	#182
2000s	5,569	0	#557
2010s	983	0	#1,979
2020–25	279	0	#3,370

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

43.2% of babies named Monique from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Monique is most popular

The index compares Monique's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Monique.

State	Index	Babies
District of Columbia	3.12×	1,102
New Mexico	3.11×	1,319
California	2.31×	18,774
Louisiana	2.16×	2,970
Arizona	2.02×	2,014

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Monique's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Monique.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Monique (1980).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data