How Many People Are Named Minna?
An estimated 1,370 people in the United States have the first name Minna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Minna peaked in popularity in 1916 with 54 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Minna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Minna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,370
About 1 in 250,186 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
1916
54 births
Total Registered
3,122
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Minna
Minna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,122 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Minna as a female name
Ranked #4,834 in 2024
28 female births in 2024
Peak: 1916 (54 births)
Minna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Minna span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 411 babies were registered. While Minna is less common than at its peak in the 1910s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Minna by Decade
How has Minna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Minna by State
Birth registrations for Minna span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Pennsylvania. The lowest are in Virginia, Massachusetts, Texas. On average, about 74 Minnas were registered per state.
Minna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Minna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Minna
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Minna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Minna?
We estimate approximately 1,370 people named Minna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 250,186 Americans share this first name.
Is Minna a common name?
Minna is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,122 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Minna most popular?
Minna reached peak popularity in 1916, when 54 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Minna is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Minna a female name?
Minna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Minna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Minna Smith, Minna Johnson, Minna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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