Monica
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning advisor; one who warns.
How Monica has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #560 |
| 2016 | #587 |
| 2017 | #626 |
| 2018 | #608 |
| 2019 | #639 |
| 2020 | #697 |
| 2021 | #697 |
| 2022 | #745 |
| 2023 | #728 |
| 2024 | #726 |
| 2025 | #737 |
Monica by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Monica. In the US, 469 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,586 babies in 1979, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 280 American girls born that year was called Monica.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Monica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Monica, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Monica
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