Monroe

Unisex

Monroe has been given to 24,360 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #467 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /mənˈɹoʊ/

From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

24,360

Peak year

2025 (815 babies)

Rank in 2025

#467 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +51%

Gender split

30% girls / 70% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Monroe.

24,531 babies since 1969

24,117 babies since 1880

24,664 babies since 1884

24,054 babies since 1892

23,921 babies since 1895

25,086 babies since 1958

23,403 babies since 1880

23,249 babies since 1915

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