Minna Girl
How popular is Minna?
#4,660 girl name in 2025
29 baby girls were named Minna in the US in 2025, making it the 4660th most popular girl name.
Minna popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,660 for girls (▲ 110 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 29 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,294 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1916 (54 girls) |
| Highest rank | #368 in 1889 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Minna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mina family of names ranked #543 for girls in 2025 (#534 the year before), with 532 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mina | 491 | 92% |
| Minna | 29 | 5% |
| Minah | 12 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Minna is most popular
Babies named Minna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Minna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 218 | #368 |
| 1890s | 362 | #404 |
| 1900s | 295 | #543 |
| 1910s | 411 | #737 |
| 1920s | 226 | #1,342 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,703 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,803 |
| 1950s | 86 | #2,780 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,436 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,187 |
| 1980s | 161 | #3,854 |
| 1990s | 224 | #3,716 |
| 2000s | 239 | #4,575 |
| 2010s | 301 | #3,717 |
| 2020s | 172 | #4,106 |
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Questions
- Is Minna a boy or girl name?
- Minna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Minna were girls.
- How popular is the name Minna?
- 29 baby girls were named Minna in the US in 2025, making it the 4660th most popular girl name.
- When was Minna most popular?
- Minna peaked in 1916, when 54 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #368 in 1889.
- How many people are named Minna?
- 3,151 babies have been named Minna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,459 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Minna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Minna was most common in Illinois, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.