Minerva
#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 63 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,823since 1880
Minerva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Minerva has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,099 | 89 |
| 2024 | #2,434 | 74 |
| 2023 | #2,076 | 93 |
| 2022 | #2,253 | 83 |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 |
| 2019 | #2,193 | 84 |
| 2018 | #2,238 | 82 |
| 2017 | #2,573 | 68 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 |
| 2015 | #3,211 | 51 |
| 2014 | #3,369 | 47 |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 |
| 2004 | #2,781 | 58 |
| 2003 | #2,610 | 61 |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 |
| 2000 | #2,817 | 51 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #2,282 | 58 |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 |
| 1994 | #1,952 | 72 |
| 1993 | #2,045 | 67 |
| 1992 | #1,755 | 84 |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 |
| 1990 | #1,644 | 90 |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 |
| 1988 | #1,788 | 70 |
| 1987 | #1,699 | 71 |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 |
| 1985 | #1,493 | 82 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,363 | 90 |
| 1981 | #1,181 | 112 |
| 1980 | #1,310 | 97 |
| 1979 | #1,251 | 102 |
| 1978 | #1,511 | 74 |
| 1977 | #1,257 | 95 |
| 1976 | #1,005 | 125 |
| 1975 | #1,155 | 100 |
| 1974 | #1,209 | 91 |
| 1973 | #947 | 127 |
| 1972 | #1,056 | 109 |
| 1971 | #1,026 | 120 |
| 1970 | #985 | 127 |
| 1969 | #961 | 124 |
| 1968 | #958 | 116 |
| 1967 | #802 | 155 |
| 1966 | #887 | 128 |
| 1965 | #797 | 154 |
| 1964 | #856 | 148 |
| 1963 | #773 | 179 |
| 1962 | #837 | 158 |
| 1961 | #708 | 217 |
| 1960 | #711 | 206 |
| 1959 | #761 | 179 |
| 1958 | #686 | 206 |
| 1957 | #678 | 212 |
| 1956 | #689 | 193 |
| 1955 | #624 | 221 |
| 1954 | #690 | 185 |
| 1953 | #639 | 195 |
| 1952 | #683 | 171 |
| 1951 | #678 | 168 |
| 1950 | #716 | 144 |
| 1949 | #671 | 154 |
| 1948 | #682 | 147 |
| 1947 | #751 | 130 |
| 1946 | #667 | 143 |
| 1945 | #701 | 112 |
| 1944 | #590 | 155 |
| 1943 | #619 | 150 |
| 1942 | #675 | 123 |
| 1941 | #651 | 118 |
| 1940 | #675 | 105 |
| 1939 | #640 | 114 |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 |
| 1937 | #629 | 116 |
| 1936 | #649 | 104 |
| 1935 | #654 | 101 |
| 1934 | #576 | 126 |
| 1933 | #573 | 125 |
| 1932 | #537 | 146 |
| 1931 | #558 | 138 |
| 1930 | #542 | 157 |
| 1929 | #540 | 159 |
| 1928 | #571 | 153 |
| 1927 | #568 | 157 |
| 1926 | #593 | 143 |
| 1925 | #519 | 185 |
| 1924 | #532 | 183 |
| 1923 | #579 | 155 |
| 1922 | #495 | 197 |
| 1921 | #486 | 202 |
| 1920 | #477 | 204 |
| 1919 | #493 | 185 |
| 1918 | #475 | 200 |
| 1917 | #441 | 211 |
| 1916 | #472 | 181 |
| 1915 | #424 | 205 |
| 1914 | #462 | 139 |
| 1913 | #408 | 145 |
| 1912 | #447 | 111 |
| 1911 | #381 | 114 |
| 1910 | #395 | 100 |
| 1909 | #381 | 95 |
| 1908 | #391 | 85 |
| 1907 | #451 | 63 |
| 1906 | #368 | 84 |
| 1905 | #357 | 88 |
| 1904 | #404 | 64 |
| 1903 | #368 | 76 |
| 1902 | #335 | 88 |
| 1901 | #331 | 84 |
| 1900 | #336 | 101 |
| 1899 | #330 | 82 |
| 1898 | #348 | 79 |
| 1897 | #341 | 74 |
| 1896 | #294 | 98 |
| 1895 | #330 | 75 |
| 1894 | #306 | 82 |
| 1893 | #343 | 61 |
| 1892 | #299 | 82 |
| 1891 | #325 | 59 |
| 1890 | #265 | 89 |
| 1889 | #266 | 79 |
| 1888 | #260 | 79 |
| 1887 | #264 | 64 |
| 1886 | #259 | 65 |
| 1885 | #225 | 77 |
| 1884 | #221 | 73 |
| 1883 | #249 | 52 |
| 1882 | #230 | 56 |
| 1881 | #205 | 53 |
| 1880 | #193 | 63 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Minerva was already there! It came in at #193, and was given to 63 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2008–2015, when fewer than 52 girls a year got the name.
Where Minerva is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Pennsylvania#226 · 1 in 2,413
- New Jersey#248 · 1 in 2,871
- Minnesota#318 · 1 in 2,706
- Virginia#327 · 1 in 3,467
- Wisconsin#349 · 1 in 3,921
Best ever in a state: #169 in Texas, 1944.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #226 | 37 | 1 in 2,413 |
| New Jersey | #248 | 10 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Minnesota | #318 | 8 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Virginia | #327 | 7 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Wisconsin | #349 | 6 | 1 in 3,921 |
| Kentucky | #350 | 8 | 1 in 3,006 |
| Michigan | #351 | 8 | 1 in 4,034 |
| Oklahoma | #355 | 7 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Tennessee | #366 | 7 | 1 in 3,301 |
| New York | #398 | 14 | 1 in 6,713 |
| Alabama | #415 | 7 | 1 in 3,694 |
| North Carolina | #509 | 5 | 1 in 6,107 |
| Texas | #839 | 5 | 1 in 9,009 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 335 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,099)
- 401 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #2,099)
- 1,112 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #2,099)
- Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1973 (#1,056 → #947)
- Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1974 (#947 → #1,209)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #193 (63 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,444
- Highest: 1 in 1,444 girls born in 1880 were named Minerva (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 11.8% of all girls named Minerva (1,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 661 | #193 (1880) | #237 |
| 1890s | 781 | #265 (1890) | #318 |
| 1900s | 828 | #331 (1901) | #372 |
| 1910s | 1,591 | #381 (1911) | #440 |
| 1920s | 1,738 | #477 (1920) | #536 |
| 1930s | 1,248 | #537 (1932) | #598 |
| 1940s | 1,337 | #590 (1944) | #668 |
| 1950s | 1,874 | #624 (1955) | #684 |
| 1960s | 1,585 | #708 (1961) | #829 |
| 1970s | 1,070 | #947 (1973) | #1,140 |
| 1980s | 837 | #1,181 (1981) | #1,507 |
| 1990s | 669 | #1,644 (1990) | #2,142 |
| 2000s | 555 | #2,568 (2007) | #2,935 |
| 2010s | 557 | #2,193 (2019) | #3,151 |
| 2020s | 492 | #2,076 (2023) | #2,262 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Minerva in 1916
girls
#472
181 births · 1 in 5,770 girls
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 5,770 of them was named Minerva, which outranked 90.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).