Girls' name · since 1929
Mentha
Since 1929, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Mentha, peaking in 1929. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 20
- total births
- 1929–1948
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
20 girls have been named Mentha since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mentha recorded 20 times among girls since 1929, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1940s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1948.
- 20 total births
- 1929–1948 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mentha's 20 recorded births place it above 36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mentha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mentha's full recorded timeline at 1946, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 5 recorded births.
Mentha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1948
- Peak year (1929)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Mentha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Mentha's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Mentha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mentha: Baby Name Since 1929 - 20 Births, Peak 1929." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mentha. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mentha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.