Girls' name · since 2000
Minnah
Minnah has 237 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 237
- total births
- 2000–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Minnah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 237 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Minnah recorded 237 times among girls since 2000, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2021.
- 237 total births
- 2000–2021 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Minnah's 237 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Minnah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minnah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Minnah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2021
- Peak year (2016)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Minnah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Minnah's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Minnah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 146 births (62% of all-time use).
Minnah by state
Where Minnah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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- Minnah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Minnahs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 2000–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Minnah: Baby Name Since 2000 - 237 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/minnah. 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 Minnah 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.