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Monica
Pronounced /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
Rank in 2024
#723
Born in 2024
388
Peak year
1979 · #40
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 388 girls were named Monica, about 1 in every 4,158.
- It peaked in 1979 with 6,585 babies, ranked #40.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 250,900 girls have been named Monica since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Monica per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.2Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 1.1Boomers1946–64
- 3.7Gen X1965–80
- 2.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 3,872 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Silent: 4,781 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Boomers: 40,605 babies, 1.13 per 1,000. Gen X: 93,770 babies, 3.67 per 1,000. Millennials: 75,136 babies, 2.66 per 1,000. Gen Z: 26,667 babies, 0.92 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,664 babies, 0.28 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Monica, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Monica, CC BY-SA 4.0.