Meaning not yet researched.
Monroe: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 658 in 2025. Its best rank was #467 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 81% of babies named Monroe in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#467 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Monroe: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 658 girls in 2025. Peak: #467 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 658 (2025).
In 2025, 658 US girls were named Monroe, making it the 467th most common girls’ name of the year, up 106 places from #573 in 2024. That is 128 more than the 530 girls named Monroe in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #467, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 658. For comparison, it was #721 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 157 US boys were named Monroe, making it the 1,262nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 18 places from #1,280 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 154 boys named Monroe in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #179, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 375, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,269 in 2015 and #615 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Monroe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 53 babies with the name. In all, 24,360 US babies have been given the name, 30% of them girls and 70% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,499 babies named Monroe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,333 US girls were named Monroe; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 658. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,443 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Monroe ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #124 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Munro and Munroe are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Munro (35), Munroe (18).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Monroe in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 36 | #124 | #610 |
| Montana | 7 | #160 | — |
| Kansas | 15 | #218 | #598 |
| Nebraska | 11 | #219 | — |
| North Dakota | 5 | #235 | — |
| Indiana | 25 | #289 | #346 |
| Oregon | 13 | #289 | #656 |
| Idaho | 8 | #299 | #351 |
| Arizona | 24 | #302 | #695 |
| Michigan | 29 | #312 | #651 |
| Ohio | 34 | #331 | #588 |
| Colorado | 19 | #332 | #747 |
| Illinois | 30 | #350 | #679 |
| Missouri | 17 | #368 | #550 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | #414 | #387 |
| North Carolina | 27 | #421 | #1,059 |
| Georgia | 26 | #445 | #872 |
| Tennessee | 18 | #449 | #657 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #460 | #574 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #466 | #994 |
| Iowa | 7 | #477 | — |
| Nevada | 6 | #488 | #514 |
| Maryland | 11 | #493 | #615 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #494 | #540 |
| Washington | 14 | #505 | #632 |
| Alabama | 10 | #517 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #553 | — |
| Texas | 56 | #566 | #1,303 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #603 | — |
| Virginia | 12 | #647 | #760 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #664 | — |
| California | 46 | #682 | #605 |
| Florida | 24 | #708 | #854 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #732 | #929 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #1,004 | #1,138 |
| New York | 10 | #1,390 | #1,352 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 658 | #467 | 157 | #1,262 |
| 2024 | 530 | #573 | 154 | #1,280 |
| 2023 | 574 | #530 | 141 | #1,343 |
| 2022 | 568 | #544 | 116 | #1,548 |
| 2021 | 587 | #526 | 189 | #1,104 |
| 2020 | 557 | #541 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2019 | 510 | #597 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2018 | 502 | #604 | 117 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 428 | #683 | 133 | #1,345 |
| 2016 | 419 | #692 | 129 | #1,377 |
| 2015 | 396 | #721 | 142 | #1,269 |
| 2014 | 359 | #781 | 120 | #1,409 |
| 2013 | 356 | #767 | 111 | #1,481 |
| 2012 | 267 | #954 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,538 | 43 | #2,779 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,112 | 38 | #3,057 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,879 | 42 | #2,881 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,249 | 41 | #2,923 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,108 | 41 | #2,906 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,543 | 36 | #3,065 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,386 | 38 | #2,831 |
| 2004 | 26 | #5,031 | 22 | #4,088 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,335 | 28 | #3,336 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,329 | 29 | #3,159 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,739 | 33 | #2,845 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,708 | 31 | #2,901 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,250 | 30 | #2,843 |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,065 | 24 | #3,262 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,561 | 32 | #2,533 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,619 | 29 | #2,655 |
| 1995 | — | — | 45 | #1,907 |
| 1994 | — | — | 38 | #2,157 |
| 1993 | — | — | 32 | #2,382 |
| 1992 | — | — | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1991 | — | — | 35 | #2,126 |
| 1990 | — | — | 38 | #2,002 |
| 1989 | — | — | 35 | #2,055 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,180 |
| 1987 | — | — | 31 | #2,008 |
| 1986 | — | — | 40 | #1,634 |
| 1985 | — | — | 41 | #1,583 |
| 1984 | — | — | 30 | #1,871 |
| 1983 | — | — | 49 | #1,344 |
| 1982 | — | — | 45 | #1,434 |
| 1981 | — | — | 48 | #1,369 |
| 1980 | — | — | 40 | #1,533 |
| 1979 | — | — | 51 | #1,298 |
| 1978 | — | — | 41 | #1,465 |
| 1977 | — | — | 55 | #1,195 |
| 1976 | — | — | 45 | #1,330 |
| 1975 | — | — | 44 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | — | — | 53 | #1,130 |
| 1973 | — | — | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1972 | — | — | 39 | #1,357 |
| 1971 | — | — | 74 | #953 |
| 1970 | — | — | 70 | #965 |
| 1969 | — | — | 69 | #919 |
| 1968 | — | — | 75 | #842 |
| 1967 | — | — | 70 | #861 |
| 1966 | — | — | 70 | #874 |
| 1965 | — | — | 68 | #895 |
| 1964 | — | — | 76 | #877 |
| 1963 | — | — | 88 | #810 |
| 1962 | — | — | 77 | #870 |
| 1961 | — | — | 86 | #831 |
| 1960 | — | — | 74 | #889 |
| 1959 | — | — | 96 | #784 |
| 1958 | — | — | 93 | #774 |
| 1957 | — | — | 128 | #675 |
| 1956 | — | — | 123 | #681 |
| 1955 | — | — | 136 | #641 |
| 1954 | — | — | 113 | #679 |
| 1953 | — | — | 149 | #592 |
| 1952 | — | — | 170 | #540 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,243 | 145 | #575 |
| 1950 | — | — | 125 | #615 |
| 1949 | — | — | 167 | #519 |
| 1948 | — | — | 189 | #484 |
| 1947 | — | — | 206 | #468 |
| 1946 | — | — | 186 | #471 |
| 1945 | — | — | 154 | #486 |
| 1944 | — | — | 185 | #446 |
| 1943 | — | — | 206 | #438 |
| 1942 | — | — | 189 | #451 |
| 1941 | — | — | 183 | #433 |
| 1940 | — | — | 197 | #413 |
| 1939 | — | — | 191 | #413 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,193 | 204 | #398 |
| 1937 | — | — | 194 | #402 |
| 1936 | — | — | 223 | #362 |
| 1935 | — | — | 210 | #375 |
| 1934 | — | — | 213 | #371 |
| 1933 | — | — | 219 | #365 |
| 1932 | — | — | 200 | #398 |
| 1931 | — | — | 248 | #350 |
| 1930 | — | — | 261 | #351 |
| 1929 | — | — | 274 | #336 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,660 | 280 | #338 |
| 1927 | — | — | 302 | #329 |
| 1926 | — | — | 320 | #317 |
| 1925 | — | — | 303 | #333 |
| 1924 | — | — | 293 | #339 |
| 1923 | — | — | 334 | #315 |
| 1922 | — | — | 354 | #304 |
| 1921 | — | — | 375 | #290 |
| 1920 | — | — | 359 | #300 |
| 1919 | — | — | 339 | #293 |
| 1918 | — | — | 362 | #283 |
| 1917 | — | — | 334 | #283 |
| 1916 | — | — | 300 | #300 |
| 1915 | — | — | 310 | #281 |
| 1914 | — | — | 251 | #278 |
| 1913 | — | — | 210 | #264 |
| 1912 | — | — | 175 | #265 |
| 1911 | — | — | 91 | #274 |
| 1910 | — | — | 78 | #277 |
| 1909 | — | — | 75 | #258 |
| 1908 | — | — | 81 | #232 |
| 1907 | — | — | 72 | #246 |
| 1906 | — | — | 72 | #231 |
| 1905 | — | — | 79 | #215 |
| 1904 | — | — | 64 | #238 |
| 1903 | — | — | 67 | #221 |
| 1902 | — | — | 59 | #239 |
| 1901 | — | — | 62 | #219 |
| 1900 | — | — | 89 | #207 |
| 1899 | — | — | 44 | #253 |
| 1898 | — | — | 58 | #231 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #228 |
| 1896 | — | — | 63 | #226 |
| 1895 | — | — | 63 | #219 |
| 1894 | — | — | 58 | #224 |
| 1893 | — | — | 63 | #217 |
| 1892 | — | — | 58 | #234 |
| 1891 | — | — | 47 | #236 |
| 1890 | — | — | 53 | #228 |
| 1889 | — | — | 68 | #193 |
| 1888 | — | — | 74 | #203 |
| 1887 | — | — | 56 | #206 |
| 1886 | — | — | 73 | #185 |
| 1885 | — | — | 54 | #223 |
| 1884 | — | — | 56 | #224 |
| 1883 | — | — | 46 | #234 |
| 1882 | — | — | 76 | #179 |
| 1881 | — | — | 58 | #196 |
| 1880 | — | — | 53 | #224 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).