Minerva — #2426 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Minerva

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,734 babies named Minerva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minerva currently holds the #2426 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 221 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minerva performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,874 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Minerva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,834 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Minerva in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minerva 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 15,734 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.