Minnie

#3,028 for girls in 2025, 54 births · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 2,372 births
Debut · girls
1,746 births
In top 100 · girls
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
159,280
since 1880

Minnie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #5, 1886girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,02854—
2024#2,69464—
2023#3,22550—
2022#2,99555—
2021#2,71563—
2020#2,44171—
2019#2,40074—
2018#2,58467—
2017#2,59767—
2016#2,64366—
2015#2,61968—
2014#3,22650—
2013#2,90358—
2012#3,52345—
2011#3,84339—
2010#3,96138—
2009#5,09728—
2008#3,71043—
2007#7,39417—
2006#3,99237—
2005#4,26732—
2004#4,81627—
2003#4,94325—
2002#3,88933—
2001#4,68825—
2000#3,98331—
1999#4,57624—
1998#3,42635—
1997#3,71630—
1996#3,23736—
1995#3,78028—
1994#3,03838—
1993#4,25724—
1992#2,35155—
1991#3,03637—
1990#2,95738—
1989#3,16533—
1988#2,44744—
1987#2,33245—
1986#2,77934—
1985#1,78463—
1984#2,22744—
1983#1,92753—
1982#2,22045—
1981#1,91256—
1980#1,62471—
1979#1,56973—
1978#1,74659—
1977#1,55969—
1976#1,31682—
1975#1,20296—
1974#1,115104—
1973#1,066108—
1972#1,017115—
1971#951134—
1970#989126—
1969#897138—
1968#813155—
1967#738175—
1966#730181—
1965#680208—
1964#687223—
1963#645245—
1962#610270—
1961#550321—
1960#515350—
1959#469423#3,9885
1958#464416—
1957#463418#3,9935
1956#406494—
1955#377546—
1954#346614—
1953#318657#3,7985
1952#302696—
1951#279792—
1950#258877#3,3296
1949#247935#3,6905
1948#237993#3,3166
1947#2291,051#2,6719
1946#2181,071#3,5255
1945#1871,088#2,7437
1944#1751,221#2,6338
1943#1731,347#2,40510
1942#1611,446#2,5239
1941#1651,355#2,6568
1940#1681,229#2,6718
1939#1651,268#2,05012
1938#1611,361#1,90114
1937#1561,378#1,82815
1936#1481,430#1,80115
1935#1391,581#2,5299
1934#1331,663#1,60819
1933#1341,603#1,99713
1932#1291,809#1,77717
1931#1291,773#1,69318
1930#1222,008#2,44411
1929#1241,994#1,84817
1928#1182,227#2,38712
1927#1142,469#2,12115
1926#1112,449#2,72510
1925#1042,739#1,67921
1924#1002,885#2,04316
1923#992,785#1,94117
1922#913,115#2,24014
1921#962,998#2,80410
1920#873,244#2,33613
1919#803,272#1,97316
1918#883,181#2,54311
1917#753,262#3,2177
1916#713,274#2,25912
1915#683,270#1,96814
1914#672,718#2,10110
1913#632,332#2,0928
1912#602,295#1,52711
1911#521,899#1,3877
1910#501,983#1,4216
1909#501,779#1,0838
1908#471,817#1,0218
1907#401,907#86610
1906#391,777#9278
1905#351,950#1,0916
1904#351,885#1,2055
1903#351,846#61913
1902#292,055#68711
1901#262,026#68310
1900#222,673#74312
1899#252,036#66110
1898#212,409#8048
1897#212,284#49516
1896#162,530#55114
1895#132,567#7389
1894#122,592#9546
1893#122,510#43518
1892#122,609#7928
1891#82,428#52412
1890#82,650#45816
1889#62,624#52513
1888#62,654#52814
1887#62,215#54411
1886#52,372#6948
1885#62,178#8366
1884#52,243—
1883#52,035#47914
1882#52,004#61110
1881#61,653#6538
1880#51,746#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Minnie was already there! It came in at #5, and was given to 1,746 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

Where Minnie is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Minnie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 334 spots since 2024 (#2,694 → #3,028)
  • 587 spots since 2020 (#2,441 → #3,028)
  • 409 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #3,028)
  • Biggest jump: 38 spots in 1971 (#989 → #951)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1970 (#897 → #989)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #5 (2,372 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 59 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: 12 yrs · run 1880–1891
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1880–1924
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 52
  • Highest: 1 in 52 girls born in 1880 were named Minnie (1.9%)
  • Latest: 1 in 29,764 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #5 in 1886, was only 1 in 61 (1.6%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 17.3% of all girls named Minnie (27,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21,724#5 (1886)#6
1890s24,615#8 (1890)#15
1900s19,715#22 (1900)#36
1910s27,486#50 (1910)#67
1920s26,905#87 (1920)#104
1930s15,874#122 (1930)#142
1940s11,736#161 (1942)#196
1950s5,933#258 (1950)#368
1960s2,266#515 (1960)#687
1970s966#951 (1971)#1,253
1980s488#1,624 (1980)#2,242
1990s345#2,351 (1992)#3,437
2000s298#3,710 (2008)#4,678
2010s572#2,400 (2019)#3,030
2020s357#2,441 (2020)#2,850

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.

Minnie in 1892

girls
#12
2,609 births · 1 in 81 girls
boys
#792
8 births · 1 in 15,254 boys

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #12Minnie2,609

Top boys' names in 1892

  1. #1John9,039
  2. #2William7,782
  3. #3James5,398
  4. #4George4,760
  5. #5Charles4,319
  6. #6Frank3,150
  7. #7Joseph3,064
  8. #8Robert2,710
  9. #9Harry2,460
  10. #10Henry2,452
  11. #792Minnie8
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 81 of them was named Minnie, which outranked 99.3% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minnie
  1. #9Helen2,936
  2. #10Clara2,661
  3. #11Bertha2,617
  4. #12Minnie2,609
  5. #13Bessie2,541
  6. #14Alice2,373
  7. #15Annie2,348
Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

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

boys

122,035 boys got a published name in 1892; 1 in 15,254 of them was named Minnie, which outranked 37.1% of the 1,260 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 37.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minnie
  1. #748Theo9
  2. #748Tolbert9
  3. #748Weaver9
  4. #792Minnie8
  5. #792Abel8
  6. #792Ace8
  7. #792Adelbert8
  8. #861Alba7
  9. #861Annie7
  10. #861Armand7

Tied with 68 names at #792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 559Pierce#963 → #404
  2. ↑ 505Milford#963 → #458
  3. ↑ 466Rose#963 → #497
  4. ↑ 466Omar#963 → #497
  5. ↑ 396Shelby#841 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Maude#524 → #1,066
  2. ↓ 502Bernice#564 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 502Wilton#564 → #1,066
  4. ↓ 480Wellington#476 → #956
  5. ↓ 469Jule#597 → #1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1892 →