Minerva

#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births

Peak · girls
#193
1880 · 63 births
Debut · girls
1880
63 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,823
since 1880

Minerva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Minerva has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #193, 1880girls
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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#2,09989
2024#2,43474
2023#2,07693
2022#2,25383
2021#2,21284
2020#2,50069
2019#2,19384
2018#2,23882
2017#2,57368
2016#2,66765
2015#3,21151
2014#3,36947
2013#3,40446
2012#3,91539
2011#3,91638
2010#4,02337
2009#3,80041
2008#3,42048
2007#2,56872
2006#2,72865
2005#2,78759
2004#2,78158
2003#2,61061
2002#2,74555
2001#3,09145
2000#2,81751
1999#2,81248
1998#2,61452
1997#2,36056
1996#2,28258
1995#2,18961
1994#1,95272
1993#2,04567
1992#1,75584
1991#1,76681
1990#1,64490
1989#1,55191
1988#1,78870
1987#1,69971
1986#1,48484
1985#1,49382
1984#1,70364
1983#1,49676
1982#1,36390
1981#1,181112
1980#1,31097
1979#1,251102
1978#1,51174
1977#1,25795
1976#1,005125
1975#1,155100
1974#1,20991
1973#947127
1972#1,056109
1971#1,026120
1970#985127
1969#961124
1968#958116
1967#802155
1966#887128
1965#797154
1964#856148
1963#773179
1962#837158
1961#708217
1960#711206
1959#761179
1958#686206
1957#678212
1956#689193
1955#624221
1954#690185
1953#639195
1952#683171
1951#678168
1950#716144
1949#671154
1948#682147
1947#751130
1946#667143
1945#701112
1944#590155
1943#619150
1942#675123
1941#651118
1940#675105
1939#640114
1938#618121
1937#629116
1936#649104
1935#654101
1934#576126
1933#573125
1932#537146
1931#558138
1930#542157
1929#540159
1928#571153
1927#568157
1926#593143
1925#519185
1924#532183
1923#579155
1922#495197
1921#486202
1920#477204
1919#493185
1918#475200
1917#441211
1916#472181
1915#424205
1914#462139
1913#408145
1912#447111
1911#381114
1910#395100
1909#38195
1908#39185
1907#45163
1906#36884
1905#35788
1904#40464
1903#36876
1902#33588
1901#33184
1900#336101
1899#33082
1898#34879
1897#34174
1896#29498
1895#33075
1894#30682
1893#34361
1892#29982
1891#32559
1890#26589
1889#26679
1888#26079
1887#26464
1886#25965
1885#22577
1884#22173
1883#24952
1882#23056
1881#20553
1880#19363
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Minerva was already there! It came in at #193, and was given to 63 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2008–2015, when fewer than 52 girls a year got the name.

See more about Minerva
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 335 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,099)
  • 401 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #2,099)
  • 1,112 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #2,099)
  • Biggest jump: 109 spots in 1973 (#1,056 → #947)
  • Biggest drop: 262 spots in 1974 (#947 → #1,209)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #193 (63 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1880–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,444
  • Highest: 1 in 1,444 girls born in 1880 were named Minerva (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 11.8% of all girls named Minerva (1,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s661#193 (1880)#237
1890s781#265 (1890)#318
1900s828#331 (1901)#372
1910s1,591#381 (1911)#440
1920s1,738#477 (1920)#536
1930s1,248#537 (1932)#598
1940s1,337#590 (1944)#668
1950s1,874#624 (1955)#684
1960s1,585#708 (1961)#829
1970s1,070#947 (1973)#1,140
1980s837#1,181 (1981)#1,507
1990s669#1,644 (1990)#2,142
2000s555#2,568 (2007)#2,935
2010s557#2,193 (2019)#3,151
2020s492#2,076 (2023)#2,262

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.

Minerva in 1989

girls
#1,551
91 births · 1 in 20,259 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #1,551Minerva91
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 20,259 of them was named Minerva, which outranked 89.3% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minerva
  1. #1,540Montana92
  2. #1,540Pilar92
  3. #1,540Rivka92
  4. #1,551Minerva91
  5. #1,551Alisia91
  6. #1,551Cristen91
  7. #1,551Cristy91
  8. #1,564Andriana90
  9. #1,564Anika90
  10. #1,564Chanell90

Tied with 12 names at #1,551; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →