Minnis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Minnis

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Minnis between 1918 and 1936, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Minnis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minnis performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Minnis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Minnis in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minnis 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 11 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.