Girls' name · since 1880
Minta
Minta has 1,283 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,283
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Minta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,283 have been recorded since 1880.
Minta has 1,283 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1993.
- #6,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,283 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minta ranks #6,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,283 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #6,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,283
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Minta's 1,283 recorded births place it above 91.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Minta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minta's full recorded timeline at 1933, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Minta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1993
- Peak year (1921)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Minta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (178 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Minta's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Minta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
158 births
- 1890s
1890s
170 births
- 1900s
1900s
118 births
- 1910s
1910s
143 births
- 1920s
1920s
178 births
- 1930s
1930s
112 births
- 1940s
1940s
99 births
- 1950s
1950s
97 births
- 1960s 60
1960s
60 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 57
1980s
57 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 178 births (14% of all-time use).
How Minta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Minta's total volume
Minta by state
Where Minta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #3 | West Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
17 of 1,283 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Minta's data
- Minta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Mintas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Minta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1880–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Minta 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 August 2026.