Mona
Girl · MOH-na · Irish
Mona is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Mona mean?
Irish: anglicised Muadhnait; also an Arabic and Persian name
Anglicised form of Irish Muadhnait, also an Arabic name meaning wishes; Mona Lisa comes from Italian monna, lady.
- Say it
- MOH-na
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Is Mona a girl's or a boy's name?
Mona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Mona, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 29 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mona than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Mona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Mona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 17 | #1,243 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Mona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Mona, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,924th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 1,231 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Mona than any year since 1903.
Half of all the girls named Mona in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were given Mona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,217, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
- Mona 61
- Moona 5
Mona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 86 | #2,203 |
| 2023 | 91 | #2,107 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,991 |
| 2020 | 99 | #1,924 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 116 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 119 | #1,743 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 97 | #2,027 |
| 2013 | 115 | #1,775 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 92 | #2,172 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,107 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,842 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 105 | #1,594 |
| 1998 | 111 | #1,518 |
| 1997 | 113 | #1,454 |
| 1996 | 151 | #1,192 |
| 1995 | 112 | #1,436 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,323 |
| 1992 | 129 | #1,302 |
| 1991 | 154 | #1,147 |
| 1990 | 127 | #1,275 |
| 1989 | 140 | #1,165 |
| 1988 | 142 | #1,098 |
| 1987 | 139 | #1,093 |
| 1986 | 163 | #967 |
| 1985 | 154 | #987 |
| 1984 | 123 | #1,120 |
| 1983 | 152 | #959 |
| 1982 | 165 | #914 |
| 1981 | 181 | #858 |
| 1980 | 157 | #951 |
| 1979 | 190 | #824 |
| 1978 | 236 | #675 |
| 1977 | 218 | #710 |
| 1976 | 258 | #608 |
| 1975 | 269 | #598 |
| 1974 | 305 | #550 |
| 1973 | 365 | #487 |
| 1972 | 454 | #427 |
| 1971 | 459 | #448 |
| 1970 | 633 | #377 |
| 1969 | 691 | #341 |
| 1968 | 608 | #367 |
| 1967 | 681 | #337 |
| 1966 | 903 | #281 |
| 1965 | 874 | #305 |
| 1964 | 890 | #309 |
| 1963 | 1,009 | #290 |
| 1962 | 968 | #296 |
| 1961 | 1,090 | #277 |
| 1960 | 1,081 | #275 |
| 1959 | 1,183 | #255 |
| 1958 | 1,090 | #265 |
| 1957 | 1,231 | #242 |
| 1956 | 1,187 | #240 |
| 1955 | 1,093 | #249 |
| 1954 | 1,192 | #233 |
| 1953 | 1,061 | #249 |
| 1952 | 950 | #255 |
| 1951 | 1,106 | #232 |
| 1950 | 1,088 | #230 |
| 1949 | 513 | #341 |
| 1948 | 455 | #369 |
| 1947 | 446 | #379 |
| 1946 | 427 | #364 |
| 1945 | 366 | #364 |
| 1944 | 342 | #382 |
| 1943 | 359 | #384 |
| 1942 | 418 | #340 |
| 1941 | 444 | #307 |
| 1940 | 470 | #290 |
| 1939 | 523 | #270 |
| 1938 | 641 | #249 |
| 1937 | 623 | #253 |
| 1936 | 656 | #243 |
| 1935 | 670 | #243 |
| 1934 | 635 | #246 |
| 1933 | 614 | #244 |
| 1932 | 613 | #249 |
| 1931 | 496 | #280 |
| 1930 | 540 | #276 |
| 1929 | 499 | #291 |
| 1928 | 422 | #324 |
| 1927 | 376 | #345 |
| 1926 | 369 | #347 |
| 1925 | 322 | #379 |
| 1924 | 329 | #377 |
| 1923 | 292 | #389 |
| 1922 | 274 | #399 |
| 1921 | 301 | #386 |
| 1920 | 262 | #410 |
| 1919 | 253 | #406 |
| 1918 | 245 | #421 |
| 1917 | 313 | #354 |
| 1916 | 253 | #393 |
| 1915 | 265 | #370 |
| 1914 | 212 | #362 |
| 1913 | 174 | #366 |
| 1912 | 156 | #370 |
| 1911 | 105 | #392 |
| 1910 | 101 | #394 |
| 1909 | 87 | #391 |
| 1908 | 85 | #391 |
| 1907 | 70 | #427 |
| 1906 | 71 | #405 |
| 1905 | 80 | #378 |
| 1904 | 73 | #385 |
| 1903 | 59 | #411 |
| 1902 | 55 | #416 |
| 1901 | 42 | #459 |
| 1900 | 69 | #399 |
| 1899 | 57 | #384 |
| 1898 | 61 | #393 |
| 1897 | 59 | #376 |
| 1896 | 56 | #377 |
| 1895 | 53 | #384 |
| 1894 | 54 | #382 |
| 1893 | 58 | #353 |
| 1892 | 47 | #387 |
| 1891 | 44 | #377 |
| 1890 | 33 | #446 |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 |
| 1888 | 32 | #439 |
| 1887 | 22 | #471 |
| 1886 | 31 | #387 |
| 1885 | 17 | #520 |
| 1884 | 18 | #479 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 11 | #560 |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 |
| 1880 | 14 | #449 |
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