Recorded 2003–2016 Girls' name Peak 2007 61 births

Minela — girls' name

61 babies named Minela in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s362010s25
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Minela was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

10 babies were named Minela in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Minela

The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Minela between 2003 and 2016, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Minela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minela 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 61 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.

Minela at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

61

Since 2003

14 years of records

Peak year

2007

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2003

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2016

Minela popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2003

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2007)
10
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
4681012 201620142012201120092008200720052003 5

Minela by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
36 births that decade — 59% of Minela's all-time total
2000s362010s25

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Minela?
61 babies have been named Minela since 2003. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2007 with 10 births.
When was Minela most popular?
Minela was most popular in the 2000s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Minela been used?
Minela has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 14 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Minela?
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, 2003–2016 (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.