How Many People Are Named Minnie Driver?
There are approximately 1 people named Minnie Driver living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Minnie with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Driver. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
1
1 in 342,754,338 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Minnie: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Minnie. The peak year was 1919 with 3,288 births. The average person named Minnie today is 74 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Minnie
In the 2020 Census, the first name Minnie was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black (49.29%). The next largest recorded groups were White (38.67%) and Hispanic (4.50%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Minnie in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Minnie rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Driver Surname
The surname Driver was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Driver in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Minnie" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Driver" appears at a rate of 5.02 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Minnie are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
Other people named Minnie
Other people with the surname Driver
Minnie Driver: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Minnie Driver?
We estimate approximately 1 people named Minnie Driver are alive in the United States today. The first name Minnie is shared by 17,874 Americans, and the surname Driver is shared by 17,199.
How rare is the name Minnie Driver?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Minnie is uncommon and the surname Driver is uncommon.
Is Minnie a male or female name?
Minnie is predominantly female, with 0.5% of bearers being male and 99.5% female. It peaked in popularity in 1919 and the average bearer today is 74 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Minnie?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Minnie was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Black (49.29%). The next largest recorded groups were White (38.67%) and Hispanic (4.50%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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