Monna
Monna is both a rare feminine given name and a surname of different origins. Notable people with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Monna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Monna is both a rare feminine given name and a surname of different origins. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Monna
Monna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1899, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1933: 53 births, good for #937 nationwide. About 29% of every Monna on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Monna last appeared in the published SSA data in 1972, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Monna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Monna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Monna
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About the name Monna
Monna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1899 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Monna's peak popularity came in 1933 when it ranked #937. Use the chart and map above to compare Monna'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.