Skip to content
BabyNames
Girl name#427 of girl names

Monique

Pronounced M OW2 N IY1 K (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1980
  • 116 years in use
Compare

How popular is Monique?

Monique is a girls' name, and first appears in 1909. It has been given to 79,112 children — the 427th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 77% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1980, when 3,163 children were given it.

01,2502,5003,7505,000192019401960198020002020
1980Girls: 3,163Boys: 19

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
M OW2 N IY1 K
Stress pattern:
21
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Monique

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Monique

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Monique?
Monique ranks 427th among girls' names in US records, with 79,112 births since 1909. Over the past decade it accounts for 584.
Is Monique a unisex name?
No. Monique is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Monique most popular?
1980, when 3,163 children were given the name. It has been in use for 116 years and is still recorded as of 2024.