Monika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MON-i-ka
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Monika is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Monika mean?
Latin: spelling of Monica, used in Central and Eastern Europe
Spelling of Monica, after St Monica, mother of St Augustine of Hippo.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Monika a girl's or a boy's name?
Monika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Monika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Monika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 40 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Monika since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Monika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Monika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Monica 26
- Monika 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Monika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 39 | #999 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 40 | #978 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,258 |
| 2007 | 33 | #985 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Monika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Monika, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 257 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Monika in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 389 girls in the US were given Monika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #720, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Monica 371
- Monika 18
Monika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 79 | #2,424 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,818 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,857 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | 151 | #1,278 |
| 1999 | 133 | #1,334 |
| 1998 | 224 | #929 |
| 1997 | 246 | #839 |
| 1996 | 257 | #800 |
| 1995 | 238 | #825 |
| 1994 | 203 | #928 |
| 1993 | 254 | #797 |
| 1992 | 216 | #902 |
| 1991 | 252 | #809 |
| 1990 | 257 | #782 |
| 1989 | 221 | #841 |
| 1988 | 250 | #751 |
| 1987 | 250 | #722 |
| 1986 | 243 | #732 |
| 1985 | 172 | #919 |
| 1984 | 170 | #883 |
| 1983 | 222 | #736 |
| 1982 | 190 | #824 |
| 1981 | 231 | #716 |
| 1980 | 213 | #772 |
| 1979 | 202 | #785 |
| 1978 | 224 | #705 |
| 1977 | 214 | #721 |
| 1976 | 195 | #746 |
| 1975 | 161 | #833 |
| 1974 | 173 | #787 |
| 1973 | 179 | #758 |
| 1972 | 177 | #775 |
| 1971 | 188 | #772 |
| 1970 | 153 | #871 |
| 1969 | 151 | #844 |
| 1968 | 154 | #817 |
| 1967 | 158 | #792 |
| 1966 | 159 | #778 |
| 1965 | 126 | #894 |
| 1964 | 117 | #982 |
| 1963 | 124 | #947 |
| 1962 | 122 | #960 |
| 1961 | 124 | #968 |
| 1960 | 102 | #1,062 |
| 1959 | 81 | #1,183 |
| 1958 | 71 | #1,259 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,441 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,532 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,738 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,580 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Monika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Francesca, Jessica, Fatima, Maya, Anika, Maryam, Karina, Dakota, Marnie, Maria, Melissa
Other spellings of Monika
Names related to Monika
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Monika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/monika, updated 20 October 2026.