Girls' name · since 1894
Minetta
118 babies named Minetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
118 girls have been named Minetta since 1894, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minetta has been recorded 118 times among girls since 1894, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 1957.
- #25,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1894
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minetta ranks #25,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1894, peaking in the 1910s.
- #25,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
Minetta's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minetta splits its recorded history at 1924: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1894 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–1957
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Minetta by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (35 births, 30% of the file).
1910s was Minetta's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Minetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
18 births
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
31 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 35 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Minetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 1950s (22) -- 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 Minetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1894–1957 (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 Minetta 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.