Minnie
Minnie was given to 54 girls in 2025, #3,060 among girls’ names; 160,067 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 19,800 Americans named Minnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (12% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 67 and 84.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Minnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Minnie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Minnie is “a diminutive of the female names Wilhelmina, Minerva, Mary, Mina, Mamie and Hermione. Popular as a formal female given name in the 19th century.”
Its diminutives + -ie.
/ˈmɪni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Minnie?
#3,060 among girls’ names, 2025
Minnie fell from #2,638 in 2015 to #3,060 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 38.1 to 33.6 per million.
3,288 babies in 1919, the peak
Minnie peaked in 1919, when 3,288 babies were given it (3,272 girls, #80 among girls’ names). The 54 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,060 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,712 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,257 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 55 | #3,019 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,743 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,463 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,418 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,603 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,627 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,659 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | #2,638 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,259 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,926 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,565 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,889 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 38 | #4,008 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,187 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,761 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,635 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 37 | #4,056 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,331 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,900 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 25 | #5,044 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,943 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,784 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,041 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,682 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,469 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,780 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,271 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,838 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,071 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,332 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,365 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,068 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,997 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,223 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,471 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,349 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,819 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,254 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,945 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,242 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,929 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,632 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,581 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,763 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,570 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,325 | 0.06 |
| 1975 | 96 | #1,208 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 104 | #1,120 | 0.07 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,072 | 0.07 |
| 1972 | 115 | #1,019 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 134 | #956 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 126 | #993 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 138 | #901 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 155 | #814 | 0.09 |
| 1967 | 175 | #741 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 181 | #733 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 208 | #683 | 0.12 |
| 1964 | 223 | #687 | 0.12 |
| 1963 | 245 | #645 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 270 | #610 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 321 | #551 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 350 | #515 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 423 | #470 | 0.21 |
| 1958 | 416 | #465 | 0.21 |
| 1957 | 418 | #464 | 0.20 |
| 1956 | 494 | #405 | 0.25 |
| 1955 | 546 | #376 | 0.28 |
| 1954 | 614 | #346 | 0.32 |
| 1953 | 657 | #318 | 0.35 |
| 1952 | 696 | #302 | 0.38 |
| 1951 | 792 | #279 | 0.44 |
| 1950 | 877 | #258 | 0.51 |
| 1949 | 935 | #247 | 0.55 |
| 1948 | 993 | #237 | 0.58 |
| 1947 | 1,051 | #229 | 0.59 |
| 1946 | 1,071 | #220 | 0.68 |
| 1945 | 1,088 | #187 | 0.83 |
| 1944 | 1,221 | #175 | 0.92 |
| 1943 | 1,347 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1942 | 1,446 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1941 | 1,355 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1940 | 1,229 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1939 | 1,268 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1938 | 1,361 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1937 | 1,378 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1936 | 1,430 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 1935 | 1,581 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1934 | 1,663 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1933 | 1,603 | #135 | 1.6 |
| 1932 | 1,809 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1931 | 1,773 | #129 | 1.7 |
| 1930 | 2,008 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1929 | 1,994 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1928 | 2,227 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1927 | 2,469 | #114 | 2.1 |
| 1926 | 2,449 | #111 | 2.1 |
| 1925 | 2,739 | #104 | 2.2 |
| 1924 | 2,885 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1923 | 2,785 | #99 | 2.3 |
| 1922 | 3,115 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1921 | 2,998 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1920 | 3,244 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1919 | 3,272 | #80 | 2.9 |
| 1918 | 3,181 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1917 | 3,262 | #75 | 3.0 |
| 1916 | 3,274 | #71 | 3.1 |
| 1915 | 3,270 | #68 | 3.3 |
| 1914 | 2,718 | #67 | 3.6 |
| 1913 | 2,332 | #63 | 3.7 |
| 1912 | 2,295 | #60 | 4.1 |
| 1911 | 1,899 | #52 | 4.5 |
| 1910 | 1,983 | #50 | 5.0 |
| 1909 | 1,779 | #50 | 5.1 |
| 1908 | 1,817 | #47 | 5.4 |
| 1907 | 1,907 | #40 | 6.0 |
| 1906 | 1,777 | #39 | 6.0 |
| 1905 | 1,950 | #35 | 6.7 |
| 1904 | 1,885 | #35 | 6.8 |
| 1903 | 1,846 | #35 | 7.0 |
| 1902 | 2,055 | #29 | 7.8 |
| 1901 | 2,026 | #26 | 8.5 |
| 1900 | 2,673 | #22 | 8.9 |
| 1899 | 2,036 | #25 | 8.7 |
| 1898 | 2,409 | #21 | 9.3 |
| 1897 | 2,284 | #21 | 9.8 |
| 1896 | 2,530 | #16 | 10.6 |
| 1895 | 2,567 | #13 | 11.0 |
| 1894 | 2,592 | #12 | 11.6 |
| 1893 | 2,510 | #12 | 11.8 |
| 1892 | 2,609 | #12 | 12.3 |
| 1891 | 2,428 | #8 | 13.1 |
| 1890 | 2,650 | #8 | 13.9 |
| 1889 | 2,624 | #6 | 14.7 |
| 1888 | 2,654 | #6 | 14.9 |
| 1887 | 2,215 | #6 | 15.2 |
| 1886 | 2,372 | #5 | 16.4 |
| 1885 | 2,178 | #6 | 16.4 |
| 1884 | 2,243 | #5 | 17.4 |
| 1883 | 2,035 | #5 | 18.1 |
| 1882 | 2,004 | #5 | 18.6 |
| 1881 | 1,653 | #6 | 18.0 |
| 1880 | 1,746 | #5 | 19.2 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Minnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Minnie has been given almost only to girls: 787 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Minnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Minnie, and how old are they?
19,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 12% of the 160,067 Americans ever recorded as Minnie. The median Minnie alive today is 77 years old; half are between 67 and 84.
The 2020 Census counted 20,922 people named Minnie (20,847 women and girls, 75 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 27,121 born in the U.S. The Census count is 23% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7,400 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 8,450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,740 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 654 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 504 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 802 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Minnie born?
The states with the most babies named Minnie are Alabama, Georgia and Texas, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 8,184 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Georgia | 7,927 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Texas | 7,639 | #3,646 | 1.5× |
| Mississippi | 7,379 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| North Carolina | 7,359 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| South Carolina | 5,592 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Tennessee | 4,425 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Kentucky | 3,591 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 3,258 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Arkansas | 3,168 | not ranked | 1.8× |
Where Minnie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Minnie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Minnie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 163,812 babies since 1880, Minnie is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 54 of their 119 babies (45%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Minnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Minnie and names like it
- Compare Minnie and MinnaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMinnie peaked in 1919.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Minnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Minnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Minnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.