Girls' name · since 1997
Minah
293 babies named Minah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Minah is the #8606 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 293 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minah has been recorded 293 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #8606 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,606 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 293 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minah ranks #16,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,606 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 293 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 293
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Minah's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Minah compares
293 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Minah's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Minah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 293 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Minah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minah splits its recorded history at 2012: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Minah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (124 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Minah's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Minah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
91 births
- 2010s
2010s
124 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 124 births (42% of all-time use).
Minah by state
Where Minah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 293 births nationwide.
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What to do with Minah's data
- Minah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (124 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Minahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Minah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Minah 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 August 2026.