Girls' name · since 1979
Minal
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 200 babies named Minal, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
200 girls have been named Minal since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minal has been recorded 200 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1979 to 2023.
- #19,826 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 200 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minal ranks #19,826 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 200 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,826 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 200
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Minal's 200 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minal splits its recorded history at 2008: 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 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Minal by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Minal's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Minal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Minal's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Minal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1979–2023 (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 Minal 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.