girl's name

Monna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,440

Monna is a girl's name. In 1972 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1933, when 53 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1899.

Monna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 1970s. The striped bar is the 1970s, still in progress — it covers 1970 to 1972, not a full ten years.

395
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70
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Births named Monna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 6
1900s 12
1910s 105
1920s 206
1930s 395
1940s 282
1950s 228
1960s 136
1970s (to 1972) 15

How popular is Monna?

In 1972, Monna was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Monna is used

France #6,194 5 in 2025
United States #8,768 5 in 1972

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Monna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Monna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Monna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Monna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Monna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Monna

How popular is the name Monna?

In 1972, Monna was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Monna a girl's or a boy's name?

Monna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Monna most popular?

Monna peaked in 1933, when 53 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Monna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Monna currently ranks #6,194 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.