Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Monique

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Variant of Mona madonna. Wise

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Monique

Pronunciation

m(o)-ni-que

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #2107, 33 births); most recent 1994 (rank #7770, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1980 (rank #93, 3,161 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3342, 46 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–46
2024–56
2023–33
2022–50
2021–44
2020–49
2019–58
2018–67
2017–65
2016–61

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #289, 126 births); most recent 2024 (rank #3015, 8 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20248
20234
20223
2021–
20204
20197
20187
20175
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1928 (rank #354, 17 births); most recent 1968 (rank #1279, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1946 (rank #2, 16,887 births); most recent 2022 (rank #5410, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022–3
2021––
2020–4
2019–4
2018–7
2017–4
2016––
2015–5
2014–4

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1970 (rank #307, 7 births); most recent 2003 (rank #490, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1995 (rank #337, 9 births); most recent 2011 (rank #515, 6 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1999 (rank #344, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1973 (rank #128, 28 births); most recent 2014 (rank #653, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence