Monique
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Monique is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Monique mean?
French
A female given name from French equivalent to Monica.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Monique a girl's or a boy's name?
Monique is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Monique in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 134 girls.
Half of all the girls named Monique in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Monique in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 31 | #1,165 |
| 2010 | 35 | #1,033 |
| 2009 | 32 | #1,062 |
| 2008 | 39 | #908 |
| 2007 | 43 | #818 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 41 | #744 |
| 2003 | 69 | #511 |
| 2002 | 62 | #531 |
| 2001 | 78 | #441 |
| 2000 | 87 | #409 |
| 1999 | 104 | #349 |
| 1998 | 115 | #342 |
| 1997 | 134 | #301 |
| 1996 | 126 | #312 |
How popular is Monique in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Monique, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 3,163 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Monique in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Monique in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,664 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,967 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,633 |
| 2010 | 173 | #1,352 |
| 2009 | 230 | #1,106 |
| 2008 | 297 | #922 |
| 2007 | 374 | #773 |
| 2006 | 443 | #656 |
| 2005 | 516 | #556 |
| 2004 | 643 | #462 |
| 2003 | 655 | #457 |
| 2002 | 710 | #410 |
| 2001 | 802 | #371 |
| 2000 | 899 | #343 |
| 1999 | 1,038 | #296 |
| 1998 | 1,198 | #258 |
| 1997 | 1,273 | #237 |
| 1996 | 1,490 | #196 |
| 1995 | 1,667 | #181 |
| 1994 | 1,690 | #175 |
| 1993 | 1,850 | #170 |
| 1992 | 2,015 | #152 |
| 1991 | 2,179 | #141 |
| 1990 | 2,361 | #133 |
| 1989 | 2,209 | #139 |
| 1988 | 2,130 | #135 |
| 1987 | 2,118 | #130 |
| 1986 | 2,047 | #136 |
| 1985 | 2,112 | #140 |
| 1984 | 2,202 | #130 |
| 1983 | 2,482 | #117 |
| 1982 | 2,574 | #116 |
| 1981 | 2,860 | #103 |
| 1980 | 3,163 | #93 |
| 1979 | 1,975 | #141 |
| 1978 | 1,575 | #172 |
| 1977 | 1,669 | #161 |
| 1976 | 1,498 | #170 |
| 1975 | 1,495 | #176 |
| 1974 | 1,531 | #174 |
| 1973 | 1,801 | #154 |
| 1972 | 1,879 | #153 |
| 1971 | 1,948 | #161 |
| 1970 | 2,097 | #160 |
| 1969 | 1,748 | #183 |
| 1968 | 1,711 | #188 |
| 1967 | 1,673 | #188 |
| 1966 | 1,559 | #201 |
| 1965 | 1,629 | #204 |
| 1964 | 1,032 | #283 |
| 1963 | 772 | #340 |
| 1962 | 642 | #371 |
| 1961 | 544 | #417 |
| 1960 | 627 | #380 |
| 1959 | 443 | #457 |
| 1958 | 234 | #643 |
| 1957 | 164 | #786 |
| 1956 | 108 | #968 |
| 1955 | 112 | #928 |
| 1954 | 91 | #1,027 |
| 1953 | 69 | #1,163 |
| 1952 | 59 | #1,235 |
| 1951 | 63 | #1,176 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,303 |
| 1948 | 45 | #1,369 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Monique: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/monique, updated 20 October 2026.