Mona

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A few things about Mona you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Mona

Mona Barthel

German tennis player

Choose Mona and your child shares a first name with Mona Barthel, a German tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Mona, like who?” Mona Barthel's Wikipedia article is available in 34 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Tatiana from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 26,316 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Mona, 61 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Mona would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMona has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Monas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1950, when it ranked #230. Today it's #2,778, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendMona has slipped 854 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,778. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedMona is most popular in Michigan, where it ranks #965. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.

About the name Mona

Mona is a girl name of Anglo Saxon, Arabic and Celtic origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-ona”. US birth records list Mona for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1950, when it ranked #230 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,778, with 61 babies.

Origin:Anglo Saxon namesArabic namesCeltic namesGreek namesIrish names