How Many People Are Named Minnie?
people named Minnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,524 people in the US has this name
Based on 160,067 babies named Minnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,288 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of WILHELMINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Minnie (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Minnie alive today is about 72 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Minnie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 3,288 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Minnie reached #5 among girls' names in 1880, 1882 to 1884 and 1886, and was in the top 10 for 12 years, 1880 to 1891. In 2025 it ranked #3,060.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,060 |
| Best rank | #5 (1880, 1882 to 1884 and 1886) |
| Years in the top 10 | 12 |
| Years in the top 100 | 45 (1880 to 1924) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #70 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Minnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Minnie were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 2,191 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Minnie was given 4.1 times as often in Mississippi, 3.3 times in Alabama and 3.1 times in South Carolina.
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