Mineola — girls' name
86 babies named Mineola in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1900. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Mineola was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Mineola in 1900 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mineola
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Mineola between 1900 and 1938, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mineola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1900, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mineola performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mineola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mineola in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mineola 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 86 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.
Mineola at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mineola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1900
- Peak year (1900)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
86 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1900 with 8 births in a single year.
Mineola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 35 births that decade — 41% of Mineola's all-time total
Mineola decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Mineola's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Mineola by state
Where Mineola concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 12.8% |
11 of 86 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.8% 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, 1900–1938 (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.