Monet
Monet or Monét is a given name and surname. Monet may refer to Claude Monet (1840–1926), a French impressionist painter. Notable people with the name include the following:
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Meaning & Origin of Monet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Monet or Monét is a given name and surname. Monet may refer to Claude Monet (1840–1926), a French impressionist painter. Notable people with the name include the following:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Monet
The earliest SSA record of Monet as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 6 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 175 newborns named Monet — #1,074 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Monet on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Monet ranks #3,204 for baby girls with 50 births, rising sharply (+28% over the past five years). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Monet
Monet is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Monet's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #1,074. Use the chart and map above to compare Monet's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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