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How popular is the name Minna?
Births per year, rank history and how many Minnas are alive today.
Minna (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1475th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 11 babies given the name that year. Common short forms of Minna include Mina and Mimi.
The Minna you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old - or else around 2: the name has two living generations. Half of all Minnas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Minna - on average, only one in every 1,370 such rooms contains a Minna.
How many babies are named Minna each year?
Where does Minna rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Minna most popular?
Minna peaked in 2000, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Minna?
At least 230 people named Minna born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Minna?
Most living Minnas are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 27. There is a second cluster around 2.
Is Minna becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.