Girls' name · since 1953
Mini
Mini has 37 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 37
- total births
- 1953–2016
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
Mini is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 37 have been recorded since 1953.
Social Security Administration records show Mini recorded 37 times among girls since 1953, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2016.
- 37 total births
- 1953–2016 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 30% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mini's 37 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mini's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mini's full recorded timeline at 1968, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mini popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2016
- Peak year (1968)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Mini by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Mini's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Mini births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 11 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mini's data
- Mini's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1953–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mini: Baby Name Since 1953 - 37 Births, Peak 1968." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mini. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mini 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 July 2026.