Girls' name · since 1884
Minie
126 babies named Minie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1909. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Minie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 126 recorded since 1884.
Social Security Administration records show Minie recorded 126 times among girls since 1884, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1926.
- #24,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 126 born since 1884
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minie ranks #24,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1884, peaking in the 1920s.
- #24,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1884
- 1920s
- peak decade
Minie's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minie's full recorded timeline at 1909, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1884, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1909 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Minie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1926
- Peak year (1909)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Minie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (40 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Minie's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Minie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s
1890s
29 births
- 1900s
1900s
25 births
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 40 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Minie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1909)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1884–1926 (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 Minie 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.