Minnie — #2740 US girls' name
159,224 babies named Minnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Minnie was born in this single decade.
3,274 babies were named Minnie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Minnie
The Social Security Administration has registered 159,224 babies named Minnie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minnie currently holds the #2740 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 3,274 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Minnie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 27,486 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Minnie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 8,169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Minnie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Minnie 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 159,224 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.
Minnie at a glance
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Current rank
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Minnie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1916)
- 3,274
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #2740 among girls.
159,224 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 3,274 births in a single year.
Minnie popularity over time — boys
787 total births recorded since 1880 (Minnie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Minnie accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Minnie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 27,486 births that decade — 17% of Minnie's all-time total
Minnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 27,486 births
- Runner-up 26,905 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Minnie's strongest decade
27,486 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Minnie by state
Where Minnie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 8,169 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 7,927 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 7,629 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 7,379 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 7,359 | 4.6% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 5,592 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 4,425 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 3,591 | 2.3% |
8,169 of 159,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 5.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Minnie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.