Minerva
Rank in 2025
#2099
recorded as girls
Up 335 since 2024
Babies in 2025
89
girls 89
Peak year
1880
63 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
15,823
since 1880
Born a Minerva? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Minerva was most popular in 1880, when 63 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.69 per 1,000). In 2025, 89 babies were named Minerva, ranking #2099 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 2099 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 74 | 2434 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 93 | 2076 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 83 | 2253 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 84 | 2212 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 69 | 2500 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 84 | 2193 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 82 | 2238 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 68 | 2573 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 65 | 2667 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 51 | 3211 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 47 | 3369 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 46 | 3404 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 39 | 3915 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 38 | 3916 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 37 | 4023 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 41 | 3800 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 48 | 3420 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 72 | 2568 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 65 | 2728 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 59 | 2787 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 58 | 2781 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 61 | 2610 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 55 | 2745 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 45 | 3091 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 51 | 2817 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 48 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 52 | 2614 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 56 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 58 | 2282 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 61 | 2189 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 72 | 1952 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 67 | 2045 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 84 | 1755 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 81 | 1766 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 90 | 1644 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 91 | 1551 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 70 | 1788 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 71 | 1699 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 84 | 1484 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 82 | 1493 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 64 | 1703 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 76 | 1496 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 90 | 1363 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 112 | 1181 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 97 | 1310 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 102 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 74 | 1511 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 95 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 125 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 100 | 1155 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 91 | 1209 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 127 | 947 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 109 | 1056 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 120 | 1026 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 127 | 985 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 124 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 116 | 958 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 155 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 128 | 887 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 154 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 148 | 856 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 179 | 773 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 158 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 217 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 206 | 711 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 179 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 206 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 212 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 193 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 221 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 185 | 690 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 195 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 171 | 683 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 168 | 678 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 144 | 716 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 154 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 147 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 130 | 751 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 143 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 112 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 155 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 150 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 123 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 118 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 105 | 675 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 114 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 121 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 116 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 104 | 649 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 101 | 654 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 126 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 125 | 573 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 146 | 537 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 138 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 157 | 542 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 159 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 153 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 157 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 143 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 185 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 183 | 532 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 155 | 579 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 197 | 495 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 202 | 486 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 204 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 185 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 200 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 211 | 441 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 181 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 205 | 424 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 139 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 145 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 111 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 114 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 100 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 95 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 85 | 391 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 63 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 84 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 88 | 357 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 64 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 76 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 88 | 335 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 84 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 101 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 82 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 79 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 74 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 98 | 294 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 75 | 330 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 82 | 306 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 61 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 82 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 59 | 325 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 89 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 79 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 79 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 64 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 65 | 259 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 77 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 73 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 52 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 56 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 53 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 63 | 193 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.