Recorded 1979–2023 Girls' name Peak 2023 200 births

Minal — girls' name

200 babies named Minal in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s81980s441990s52000s502010s552020s38
2010s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Minal was born in this single decade.

2023
Single peak year

15 babies were named Minal in 2023 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Minal

The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Minal between 1979 and 2023, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minal performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Minal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minal 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 200 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.

Minal at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

200

Since 1979

45 years of records

Peak year

2023

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1979

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2023

Minal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1979

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2023)
15
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
05101520 20232019201320092005198719821979 8

Minal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
55 births that decade — 28% of Minal's all-time total
1970s81980s441990s52000s502010s552020s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Minal?
200 babies have been named Minal since 1979. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2023 with 15 births.
When was Minal most popular?
Minal was most popular in the 2010s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Minal been used?
Minal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 45 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Minal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Minnie, Mindy, Mina, Minerva, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1979–2023 (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.