Mona

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mona: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mona: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #9 in 1968, and it stood at #413 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
137times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#9highest recorded position
35groupings it qualifies for
17names it appears alongside

What stands out in Mona's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 48 years running. Names by top-100 run
Moved 105 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1287
1998	#1319
1999	#1216
2000	#1313
2001	#2023
2002	#1442
2003	#1472
2004	#1715
2005	#1200
2006	#2137
2007	#1502
2008	#1065
2009	#1596
2010	#2589
2011	#2025
2012	#1893
2013	#1864
2014	#1456
2015	#2195
2016	#1749
2017	#1411
2018	#1887
2019	#4001
2020	#2042
2021	#1628
2022	#1948
2023	#2504
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #413 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #98 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #9 among girls in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #413 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Mona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 12,936 births with the name.

Mona across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#98 (1945)	#9 (1968)	#413 (2025)	81 of 81	12,936 (1945–2025)	515 (1966)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#297 (1965)	#282 (1970)	#718 (2025)	27 of 61	106 (1965–2025)	9 (1970)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1065 (2008)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	413 (1996–2024)	28 (2008)

Mona by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mona in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	382	5 of 10	76
1950s	2,177	10 of 10	218
1960sbusiest	4,589	10 of 10	459
1970s	3,283	10 of 10	328
1980s	1,311	10 of 10	131
1990s	709	10 of 10	71
2000s	274	10 of 10	27
2010s	151	10 of 10	15
2020s	60	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 459 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1976 and 1977, when recorded births fell by 102, from 317 to 215.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in Norway in 1968.

Mona's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2504	10	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1065	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#413	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#346	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#315	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#298	13	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#315	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#404	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#319	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#264	17	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#267	19	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#293	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#363	12	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#350	13	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#251	22	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#310	16	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#256	21	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#294	17	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#278	18	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#224	25	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#223	25	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#225	23	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#178	32	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#164	34	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#141	43	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#160	36	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#137	45	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#135	50	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#130	54	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#131	56	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#114	70	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#113	66	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#115	71	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#91	93	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#79	101	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#84	103	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#98	79	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#74	99	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#71	102	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#67	107	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#59	121	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#53	126	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#45	145	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#35	181	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#37	175	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#34	176	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#29	212	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#32	191	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#26	215	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#17	317	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#18	315	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#17	342	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#15	358	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#13	416	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#13	432	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#12	485	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#12	474	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#9	510	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#11	499	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#10	515	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#16	468	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#16	458	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#14	418	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#12	467	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#14	414	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#18	366	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#21	340	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#16	375	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#15	335	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#28	285	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#40	238	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#46	198	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#62	111	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#68	98	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#57	116	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#79	81	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#71	85	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#71	88	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#81	75	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#80	80	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#98	54	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	9	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #9, first reached in 1968.

It held a top-100 place in 48 years, 48 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 515 births, registered in Norway in 1966.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Momina · #700, 29y
Momodou · #2189, 16y
Monae · #1849, 23y
Monet · #969, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hans · #10, 81y
Karin · #10, 81y
Helene · #7, 81y
Mari · #11, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Alan · #9, 78y
Astrid · #9, 81y
Hanne · #9, 80y
Helen · #9, 81y

Comparisons involving Mona

Existing comparison pages where Mona and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Mona in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Ellinor vs Mona
In 1945 they stood at #102 and #98 in Norway · Girls, 4 places apart; by 2025 they were #7 and #413.
Ellinor · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anna vs Mona
Anna and Mona were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #413.
Anna · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Mona
Anne and Mona were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #413.
Anne · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Mona and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Maria vs Mona
In 1977, Maria moved ahead of Mona in Norway · Girls — #22 and #17 the year before became #7 and #26.
Maria · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1977 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Mona measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Mona at its highest position.

Mona vs Astrid
Mona and Astrid were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #413 and #9.
Mona · Astrid · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elin vs Mona
Elin and Mona were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #413.
Elin · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elisabeth vs Mona
Elisabeth and Mona were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #171 and #413.
Elisabeth · Mona · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Mona was ranked #9 in Norway · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mona without appearing here.

Mona moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #4634.
Shauna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1628 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Mona

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2504 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1887 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2458.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1456 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1313 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Mona

Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 while Elise went from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 while Ella went from #137 to #4.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 while Ellinor went from #102 to #7.
Emma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 while Emma went from #342 to #1.

Moved the same way as Mona

Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 and Åse from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 and Aud from #13 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 and Bjørg from #6 to #369.
Eileen Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mona went from #98 to #413 and Eileen from #324 to #501.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #9 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mona

Mona at a glance

What stands out in Mona's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mona across 3 official records

Mona by decade in Norway · Girls

Mona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mona

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mona

Mona and the names beside it

Mona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mona

Moved the opposite way to Mona

Moved the same way as Mona

Mona at a glance

What stands out in Mona's record

Mona across 3 official records

Mona by decade in Norway · Girls

Mona appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mona

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mona

Mona and the names beside it

Mona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mona

Moved the opposite way to Mona

Moved the same way as Mona