Girls' name · since 1972
Minika
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Minika, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 18
- total births
- 1972–1974
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Minika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1972.
Minika has 18 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1974.
- 18 total births
- 1972–1974 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Minika's 18 recorded births place it above 34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minika's full recorded timeline at 1973, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 6 recorded births.
Minika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1974
- Peak year (1972)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Minika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Minika's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Minika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 1972–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Minika: Baby Name Since 1972 - 18 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/minika. 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 Minika 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.