Mostly boys · peaked in 1882
Monroe name popularity since 1925
18,296 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Monroe (39.7% girls, 60.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2006 or earlier, so the typical Monroe is about 20 years old in 2026. Monroe peaked in 1882 as the #179 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,296
- Named Monroe, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1882
- #179 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,262 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 60.3% boys
- 7,266 girls · 11,030 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 3.69× its national share
Peak year is the year Monroe made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Monroe births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1926. Measured as a share of all babies, Monroe peaked earlier, in 1882.
- Steepest fall: Between 1949 and 1954, Monroe's share of baby boys fell by 41%, from 1 in 10,600 to 1 in 18,000.
- Fastest rise: Between 2016 and 2021, it became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 14,700 baby boys to 1 in 9,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Monroe's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Monroe.
Decade by decade
Babies named Monroe in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 8 | 1,479 | – |
| 1930s | 6 | 2,163 | #375 |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,862 | #486 |
| 1950s | 6 | 1,278 | #641 |
| 1960s | 0 | 753 | #895 |
| 1970s | 0 | 534 | #1,316 |
| 1980s | 0 | 388 | #1,583 |
| 1990s | 36 | 335 | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 262 | 341 | #2,831 |
| 2010s | 3,474 | 1,025 | #1,269 |
| 2020–25 | 3,474 | 872 | #1,262 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.7% of babies named Monroe from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Monroe is most popular
The index compares Monroe'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 Monroe.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3.69× | 611 |
| Utah | 2.78× | 324 |
| South Carolina | 2.41× | 461 |
| Arkansas | 2.26× | 317 |
| Alabama | 2.18× | 527 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Monroe's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Monroe.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Monroe (1882).
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