Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Minna

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Minna
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1916

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19162024

Peak year

1916

Decline from peak

48.1%

2024

All-time

3,122

Minna has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1916, when 54 girls were named Minna.

In 2024, only 28 girls were given the name.

Down 48.1% from its peak.

All told, about 3,122 Americans have been named Minna and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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