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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #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.

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 1917

girls
#75
3,262 births · 1 in 331 girls
boys
#3,217
7 births · 1 in 132,212 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #75Minnie3,262

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,217Minnie7
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 331 of them was named Minnie, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minnie
  1. #72Willie3,381
  2. #73June3,370
  3. #74Marian3,267
  4. #75Minnie3,262
  5. #76Charlotte3,229
  6. #77Genevieve3,192
  7. #78Marguerite3,161
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 132,212 of them was named Minnie, which outranked 30.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Minnie
  1. #2,956Zach8
  2. #2,956Zell8
  3. #2,956Zigmond8
  4. #3,217Minnie7
  5. #3,217Abelino7
  6. #3,217Ac7
  7. #3,217Achilles7
  8. #3,545Ab6
  9. #3,545Acy6
  10. #3,545Adie6

Tied with 327 names at #3,217; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917