Minah — #7071 US girls' name
281 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.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Minah was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Minah in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Minah
The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Minah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minah currently holds the #7071 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Minah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Minah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Minah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Minah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 281 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Minah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Minah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2013)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #7071 among girls.
281 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 20 births in a single year.
Minah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 44% of Minah's all-time total
Minah decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Minah's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% 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 | 1.8% |
5 of 281 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.