Monifa

Girl · recorded 1969–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1970best year

Most popular in 1970.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Monifa.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

0101919691976198419911998

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Monifa, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19698
197019
197114
197218
197317
197416
197514
197614
197714
197811
197910
198012
198110
19826
19837
19845
19855
19863
19883
19893
19904
19915
19927
19934
19943
19953
19968
19976
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Monifa isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
6
Rank in 1998
#12,426
How rare
1 in 294,491 girls
Since 1969
416

Monifa was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1970, at 19 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Monifa doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.