# Mona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “noble” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmoʊ̯nə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,818 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 45,787 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 428, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa. The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.

## What it means

Mona is grouped under noble.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 2,064 |
| 2012 | 74 | 2,491 |
| 2013 | 115 | 1,789 |
| 2014 | 97 | 2,030 |
| 2015 | 107 | 1,903 |
| 2016 | 119 | 1,752 |
| 2017 | 116 | 1,797 |
| 2018 | 109 | 1,862 |
| 2019 | 106 | 1,897 |
| 2020 | 99 | 1,944 |
| 2021 | 97 | 2,003 |
| 2022 | 88 | 2,167 |
| 2023 | 91 | 2,118 |
| 2024 | 86 | 2,214 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,806 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 5 | 3,997 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,999 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,868 |
| 1939 | 6 | 3,367 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,358 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,809 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

## People named Mona

- Mona Eltahawy, Egyptian-American journalist
- Mona Simpson, American novelist
- Mona Freeman, American actress (1926-2014)
- Mona Marshall, American voice actress
- Mona Barrie, English actress (1909–1964)
- Mona Seif, Egyptian activist
- Mona Baker, Egyptian professor of translation studies
- Mona Ozouf, French historian and philosopher (born 1931)
- Mona Washbourne, English actress of stage, film and television (1903-1988)
- Mona Achache, French-Moroccan film director and screenwriter
- Mona May Karff, American chess player (1914–1998)
- Mona Keijzer, Dutch politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.