Minnah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Minnah

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Minnah between 2000 and 2021, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minnah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minnah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Minnah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Minnah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minnah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.