Monique

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Monique: Recorded since 1966, it reached #39 in 1995, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Monique's record

Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#300
1997	#288
1998	#322
1999	#338
2000	#387
2001	#419
2002	#523
2003	#503
2004	#701
2005	#680
2006	#835
2007	#793
2008	#845
2009	#1022
2010	#988
2011	#1269
2012	#1525
2013	#2460
2014	#2464
2015	#2496
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2022	#5669
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

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 Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 38 years from 1966 to 2003.

In 2005: #93 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #680 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2005
Highest recorded position: #39 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1995 (recorded 1975–2005).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Monique appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 1,117 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Monique across 4 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.

Monique'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#380 (1966)	#307 (1970)	#490 (2003)	11 of 38	44 (1966–2003)	7 (1970)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (1975)	#39 (1995)	#93 (2005)	22 of 31	2,542 (1975–2005)	191 (1995)
England and Wales · Girls	#300 (1996)	#288 (1997)	#3015 (2024)	28 of 29	1,117 (1996–2024)	126 (1997)
New Zealand · Girls	#78 (1975)	#42 (1982)	#90 (2002)	24 of 28	1,859 (1975–2002)	107 (1989)

Monique by decade in England and Wales · 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 Monique in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	455	4 of 10	114
2000sbusiest	510	10 of 10	51
2010s	133	10 of 10	13
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Monique 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 5 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #39 in New South Wales, Australia in 1995.

Monique'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1022	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#845	39	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#793	41	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#835	36	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#680	45	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#701	41	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#503	64	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#523	57	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#419	73	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#387	83	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#338	95	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#322	111	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#288	126	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#300	123	High	Verified
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	143	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#54	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	191	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New Zealand	female	#90	47	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#70	60	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#62	75	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#61	69	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#53	84	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#57	79	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#48	89	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#61	77	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#63	79	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#66	76	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#67	78	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#55	99	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#49	107	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#68	83	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#62	84	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#58	81	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#80	64	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#62	84	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#59	84	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#42	102	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#86	59	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#70	72	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#96	56	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#78	71	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 51 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 1995.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 191 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1995.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1975, and 33 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Sabrina · #39, 55y
Kellie · #40, 54y
Jared · #41, 51y
Trent · #36, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Bianca · #39, 54y
Cornelius · #39, 62y
Eoghan · #39, 62y
Jeremiah · #39, 62y

Monique was ranked #39 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1995. 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.

Monique 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 Monique without appearing here.

Monique moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4843.
Kerry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #4684.
Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4192.

Moved ahead of Monique

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Pamela Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2615.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2233.

Moved the opposite way to Monique

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Monique

Audrey Compare
Between 1966 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Monique went from #380 to #606 and Audrey from #63 to #441.
Diane Compare
Between 1966 and 2001 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Monique went from #380 to #606 and Diane from #185 to #335.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Monique went from #300 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.

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 5 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #39 in New South Wales, Australia in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Monique

Monique at a glance

What stands out in Monique's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Monique across 4 official records

Monique by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Monique appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Monique and the names beside it

Monique moved ahead of

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Monique at a glance

What stands out in Monique's record

Monique across 4 official records

Monique by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Monique appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Monique

Monique and the names beside it

Monique moved ahead of

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