# Monique (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/monique/  
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 | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /moʊ̯ˈnik/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 79,160 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 377 / 78,783 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,117, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 132 | 1,637 |
| 2012 | 116 | 1,777 |
| 2013 | 109 | 1,860 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,976 |
| 2015 | 101 | 1,979 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,819 |
| 2017 | 65 | 2,685 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,604 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,879 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,215 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,536 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,260 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,254 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,967 |
| 2025 | 46 | 3,370 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 19 | 2,588 |
| 1981 | 15 | 2,989 |
| 1982 | 15 | 3,058 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,376 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,841 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,571 |
| 1986 | 16 | 3,085 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,892 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,987 |
| 1989 | 33 | 2,135 |
| 1990 | 19 | 3,268 |
| 1991 | 7 | 7,030 |
| 1992 | 10 | 5,528 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,635 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,454 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 31 | 1,022 |
| 2010 | 34 | 988 |
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |

## People named Monique

- Monique Wittig, French writer (1935-2003)
- Mo'Nique, American stand-up comedian and actress
- Monique Alexander, American pornographic actress
- Monique Coleman, American actress
- Monique Ohsan Bellepeau, former vice president of Mauritius
- Monique Henderson, American 400 meters runner
- Monique van de Ven, Dutch film director and actress (born 1952)
- Monique Covét, adult model, pornographic actress and businessperson
- Monique Knol, Dutch cyclist
- Monique Gabriela Curnen, American actress
- Monique Adamczak, Australian female tennis player
- Monique Garbrecht, German ice speed skater

## 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.