Monifah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mo-NEE-fuh
Monifah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Is Monifah a girl's or a boy's name?
Monifah is a girls' name.
How popular is Monifah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Monifah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Monifah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 61 | #2,204 |
Names like Monifah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Zaniyah, Zakiyah, Naziyah, Maziyah, Farah, Taliyah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Samiyah, Makiyah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Monifah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/monifah, updated 20 October 2026.