How Many People Are Named Minna?
people named Minna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 237,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,151 babies named Minna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
54 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of WILHELMINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Minna in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Minna alive today is about 31 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 45 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Minna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 54 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Minna has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #369, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #4,721.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,721 |
| Best rank | #369 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #949 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Minna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Minna were born in California than in any other state: about 130 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Minna was given 7.7 times as often in New York and 3.5 times in California.
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