Girls' name · since 1997
Minha
Minha has 890 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 890
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Minha is the #1775 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 890 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minha has been recorded 890 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #1775 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #8,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,775 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 890 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minha ranks #8,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,775 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 890 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,775 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 890
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Minha's 890 recorded births place it above 88.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Minha compares
890 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Minha's all-time total is 137% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Minha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 890 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 114 | 21 | 19,840 |
Minha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minha's full recorded timeline at 2013, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 114 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Minha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 114
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Minha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (551 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Minha's strongest decade.
551 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Minha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
261 births
- 2020s
2020s
551 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 551 births (62% of all-time use).
How Minha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Minha's total volume
Minha by state
Where Minha concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 117 | 13.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 98 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 58 | 6.5% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 49 | 5.5% |
| #5 | California | | 47 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 23 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 16 | 1.8% |
117 of 890 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Minha appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Minha's data
- New York records the most Minhas (117 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Minha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Minha 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.