Girls' name · since 1906
Minnetta
Minnetta has 69 recorded births since 1906 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 69
- total births
- 1906–1951
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Minnetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 69 have been recorded since 1906.
Social Security Administration records show Minnetta recorded 69 times among girls since 1906, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 1951.
- 69 total births
- 1906–1951 years on record
- 1910s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Minnetta's 69 recorded births place it above 57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minnetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minnetta splits its recorded history at 1922: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1906 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1951
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Minnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1910s was Minnetta's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Minnetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 25 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Minnetta's decade-level peak was the 1910s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1906–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Minnetta: Baby Name Since 1906 - 69 Births, Peak 1917." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/minnetta. 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 Minnetta 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.