Meaning not yet researched.
Mina: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 491 in 2025. Its best rank was #175 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #175 in 1880; #597 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Mina in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#597 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #175.
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Mina: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 491 girls in 2025. Peak: #175 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 512 (2023).
In 2025, 491 US girls were named Mina, making it the 597th most common girls’ name of the year, up 12 places from #609 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 494 girls named Mina in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #175, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 512, in 2023. For comparison, it was #766 in 2015 and #1,267 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mina in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 73 babies with the name. In all, 19,939 US babies have been given the name, 97% of them girls and 3.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,964 babies named Mina.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,629 US girls were named Mina; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 512. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,273 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mina ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #288 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mia (310,610 babies since 1880), Minnie (160,067 babies since 1880) and Nina (134,038 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Minna, Meena and Minta are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Seediq and Turkish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Minna (3,151), Meena (1,592), Minta (1,283), Elmina (834), Miana (663), Miyana (660), Mianna (623), Myana (559), Myna (301), Minah (293), Minnah (237), Menna (223), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mina in the open dataset we use.
Mina is listed as a nickname for Wilhelmina.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 13 | #288 | #654 |
| New York | 48 | #355 | #634 |
| California | 86 | #386 | #536 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #417 | #595 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #425 | #740 |
| Washington | 17 | #425 | #586 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #508 | #801 |
| Utah | 8 | #525 | — |
| Connecticut | 6 | #526 | — |
| Virginia | 15 | #536 | #578 |
| Illinois | 18 | #562 | #963 |
| Nevada | 5 | #576 | — |
| Michigan | 14 | #582 | #976 |
| New Jersey | 13 | #603 | #835 |
| Texas | 50 | #628 | #1,006 |
| Ohio | 16 | #635 | #876 |
| Iowa | 5 | #654 | — |
| Colorado | 8 | #686 | #397 |
| Georgia | 15 | #701 | #1,694 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #721 | #699 |
| Florida | 22 | #756 | #1,162 |
| Indiana | 8 | #783 | #836 |
| Maryland | 6 | #808 | #755 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | #884 | #365 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,169 | #762 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,255 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 491 | #597 | 15 | #6,051 |
| 2024 | 494 | #609 | 13 | #6,701 |
| 2023 | 512 | #586 | 11 | #7,583 |
| 2022 | 488 | #613 | 12 | #7,103 |
| 2021 | 507 | #591 | 16 | #5,706 |
| 2020 | 435 | #661 | 9 | #8,513 |
| 2019 | 427 | #682 | 17 | #5,489 |
| 2018 | 480 | #625 | 14 | #6,226 |
| 2017 | 411 | #703 | 17 | #5,443 |
| 2016 | 384 | #744 | 31 | #3,580 |
| 2015 | 370 | #766 | 20 | #4,835 |
| 2014 | 412 | #689 | 18 | #5,190 |
| 2013 | 361 | #751 | 25 | #4,027 |
| 2012 | 318 | #839 | 23 | #4,344 |
| 2011 | 333 | #809 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2010 | 266 | #964 | 18 | #5,173 |
| 2009 | 323 | #862 | 15 | #5,995 |
| 2008 | 304 | #907 | 19 | #5,006 |
| 2007 | 287 | #946 | 16 | #5,605 |
| 2006 | 260 | #999 | 14 | #5,996 |
| 2005 | 281 | #895 | 13 | #6,110 |
| 2004 | 276 | #885 | 16 | #5,177 |
| 2003 | 219 | #1,046 | 13 | #5,778 |
| 2002 | 236 | #949 | 15 | #5,061 |
| 2001 | 191 | #1,110 | 20 | #4,068 |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,147 | 10 | #6,675 |
| 1999 | 162 | #1,192 | 17 | #4,274 |
| 1998 | 148 | #1,232 | 15 | #4,566 |
| 1997 | 177 | #1,071 | 11 | #5,535 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,253 | 13 | #4,795 |
| 1995 | 125 | #1,327 | 16 | #3,992 |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,110 | 11 | #5,332 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,482 | 15 | #4,163 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,961 | 17 | #3,696 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,849 | 19 | #3,288 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,092 | 13 | #4,331 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,763 | 13 | #4,196 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,981 | 13 | #3,829 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,586 | 18 | #2,914 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,141 | 11 | #4,040 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,849 | 9 | #4,566 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,804 | 15 | #3,050 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,898 | 7 | #5,286 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,666 | 5 | #7,023 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,899 | 5 | #6,931 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,850 | — | — |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,337 | — | — |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,111 | — | — |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,044 | — | — |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,974 | — | — |
| 1974 | 42 | #2,017 | — | — |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,963 | — | — |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,910 | — | — |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,230 | — | — |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,188 | — | — |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,642 | — | — |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,397 | — | — |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,564 | — | — |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,731 | — | — |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,624 | — | — |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,856 | — | — |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,656 | — | — |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,612 | — | — |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,662 | — | — |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,428 | — | — |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,417 | — | — |
| 1956 | 64 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,194 | — | — |
| 1954 | 63 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,396 | — | — |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,201 | — | — |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,267 | — | — |
| 1949 | 73 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1946 | 70 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,010 | — | — |
| 1944 | 68 | #940 | — | — |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,013 | — | — |
| 1942 | 78 | #884 | — | — |
| 1941 | 66 | #910 | — | — |
| 1940 | 83 | #779 | — | — |
| 1939 | 76 | #787 | — | — |
| 1938 | 87 | #743 | — | — |
| 1937 | 77 | #784 | — | — |
| 1936 | 65 | #843 | — | — |
| 1935 | 82 | #749 | — | — |
| 1934 | 92 | #697 | — | — |
| 1933 | 80 | #741 | — | — |
| 1932 | 102 | #668 | — | — |
| 1931 | 92 | #700 | — | — |
| 1930 | 110 | #656 | — | — |
| 1929 | 105 | #687 | — | — |
| 1928 | 101 | #701 | — | — |
| 1927 | 126 | #640 | — | — |
| 1926 | 121 | #658 | — | — |
| 1925 | 123 | #667 | — | — |
| 1924 | 119 | #681 | — | — |
| 1923 | 134 | #635 | — | — |
| 1922 | 137 | #630 | — | — |
| 1921 | 127 | #652 | — | — |
| 1920 | 143 | #601 | — | — |
| 1919 | 145 | #579 | — | — |
| 1918 | 153 | #576 | — | — |
| 1917 | 172 | #505 | — | — |
| 1916 | 178 | #478 | — | — |
| 1915 | 156 | #492 | — | — |
| 1914 | 109 | #535 | — | — |
| 1913 | 120 | #455 | — | — |
| 1912 | 93 | #496 | — | — |
| 1911 | 91 | #428 | — | — |
| 1910 | 71 | #483 | — | — |
| 1909 | 67 | #462 | — | — |
| 1908 | 64 | #455 | — | — |
| 1907 | 66 | #443 | — | — |
| 1906 | 78 | #391 | — | — |
| 1905 | 72 | #399 | — | — |
| 1904 | 75 | #381 | — | — |
| 1903 | 86 | #339 | — | — |
| 1902 | 73 | #374 | — | — |
| 1901 | 83 | #338 | — | — |
| 1900 | 92 | #351 | — | — |
| 1899 | 85 | #325 | — | — |
| 1898 | 104 | #307 | — | — |
| 1897 | 92 | #300 | — | — |
| 1896 | 107 | #282 | — | — |
| 1895 | 94 | #297 | — | — |
| 1894 | 103 | #274 | — | — |
| 1893 | 105 | #263 | — | — |
| 1892 | 105 | #258 | — | — |
| 1891 | 119 | #222 | — | — |
| 1890 | 95 | #259 | — | — |
| 1889 | 90 | #246 | — | — |
| 1888 | 104 | #227 | — | — |
| 1887 | 61 | #272 | — | — |
| 1886 | 80 | #230 | — | — |
| 1885 | 82 | #218 | — | — |
| 1884 | 56 | #262 | — | — |
| 1883 | 89 | #178 | — | — |
| 1882 | 76 | #181 | — | — |
| 1881 | 62 | #193 | — | — |
| 1880 | 73 | #175 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).