Minna

#4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births

Peak · girls
1889 · 43 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,151
since 1880

Minna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Minna has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #368, 1889girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,66129
2024#4,77228
2023#5,96020
2022#4,10835
2021#4,71928
2020#4,26332
2019#3,71840
2018#4,23733
2017#3,99637
2016#4,73429
2015#4,29533
2014#5,31025
2013#6,01721
2012#4,48632
2011#4,91528
2010#5,77123
2009#4,80530
2008#5,27927
2007#6,55220
2006#4,57631
2005#5,11325
2004#5,55522
2003#5,09224
2002#5,25422
2001#5,57020
2000#5,93718
1999#4,87022
1998#4,14227
1997#3,89728
1996#5,53117
1995#4,51822
1994#4,68721
1993#4,25724
1992#5,48417
1991#3,72228
1990#5,06018
1989#5,04917
1988#4,30820
1987#3,85722
1986#6,61210
1985#6,45710
1984#5,53912
1983#4,47616
1982#3,89820
1981#3,85920
1980#4,97814
1979#6,18910
1978#5,21412
1977#6,8928
1976#3,18822
1975#4,85412
1974#3,86316
1973#3,97115
1972#4,79311
1971#3,78916
1970#4,24613
1969#5,0579
1968#4,48910
1967#4,9828
1966#6,5645
1965#6,5395
1964#6,7675
1963—
1962—
1961—
1960#4,4379
1959—
1958#4,5208
1957#3,69611
1956#4,1619
1955#3,37712
1954#3,49011
1953#4,5957
1952#3,7969
1951#5,4145
1950#2,78114
1949#3,39310
1948#2,82813
1947#2,35418
1946#2,48215
1945#3,6767
1944#2,40114
1943#3,2499
1942#1,80422
1941#2,27214
1940#2,20314
1939#1,88118
1938#1,70321
1937#2,73510
1936#3,1038
1935#1,84518
1934#2,28913
1933#2,27513
1932#3,5687
1931#2,58111
1930#2,20215
1929#1,89219
1928#2,38114
1927#1,93520
1926#1,77223
1925#2,19117
1924#1,56629
1923#1,78223
1922#1,34235
1921#1,76524
1920#1,81622
1919#1,24237
1918#1,29934
1917#1,00249
1916#92854
1915#96847
1914#81751
1913#79544
1912#91930
1911#76632
1910#73733
1909#59442
1908#67832
1907#63734
1906#74224
1905#64230
1904#68226
1903#76020
1902#66725
1901#65923
1900#54339
1899#59327
1898#55533
1897#45342
1896#52832
1895#40448
1894#48734
1893#40843
1892#47133
1891#41336
1890#43534
1889#36843
1888#44331
1887#37832
1886#52818
1885#47020
1884#46319
1883#7547
1882#38921
1881#53910
1880#40317
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Minna was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1959, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Minna is popular in 1883

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Minna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 111 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #4,661)
  • 398 spots since 2020 (#4,263 → #4,661)
  • 366 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,661)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1884 (#754 → #463)
  • Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1883 (#389 → #754)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1889 at #368 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 1903, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1880–1916
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,148
  • Highest: 1 in 4,148 girls born in 1889 were named Minna (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,423 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 13.0% of all girls named Minna (411) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s218#368 (1889)#474
1890s362#404 (1895)#475
1900s295#543 (1900)#660
1910s411#737 (1910)#947
1920s226#1,342 (1922)#1,844
1930s134#1,703 (1938)#2,418
1940s136#1,804 (1942)#2,666
1950s86#2,781 (1950)#3,981
1960s51#4,437 (1960)#5,548
1970s135#3,188 (1976)#4,700
1980s161#3,857 (1987)#4,903
1990s224#3,722 (1991)#4,617
2000s239#4,576 (2006)#5,373
2010s301#3,718 (2019)#4,748
2020s172#4,108 (2022)#4,747

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.

Minna in 1883

girls
#754
7 births · 1 in 16,046 girls

Top girls' names in 1883

  1. #1Mary8,012
  2. #2Anna3,306
  3. #3Emma2,367
  4. #4Elizabeth2,255
  5. #5Minnie2,035
  6. #6Margaret1,881
  7. #7Bertha1,681
  8. #8Ida1,634
  9. #9Annie1,589
  10. #10Clara1,548
  11. #754Minna7
More about 1883

girls

112,320 girls got a published name in 1883; 1 in 16,046 of them was named Minna, which outranked 28.5% of the 1,054 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minna
  1. #692Vannie8
  2. #692Vena8
  3. #692Venie8
  4. #754Minna7
  5. #754Ana7
  6. #754Anabel7
  7. #754Ara7
  8. #817Aggie6
  9. #817Aletha6
  10. #817Allene6

Tied with 62 names at #754; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. ↑ 391Cathryn#908 → #517
  2. ↑ 378Paula#813 → #435
  3. ↑ 372Annis#908 → #536
  4. ↑ 365Malissa#740 → #375
  5. ↑ 348Hope#813 → #465
Fallers
  1. ↓ 390Gena#530 → #920
  2. ↓ 365Minna#389 → #754
  3. ↓ 360Arie#560 → #920
  4. ↓ 360Leone#560 → #920
  5. ↓ 360Sybil#560 → #920

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1883 →