Meaning not yet researched.
Minerva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 89 in 2025. Its best rank was #194 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #194 in 1880; #2,112 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Minerva in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,112 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #194.
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Minerva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 89 girls in 2025. Peak: #194 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 221 (1955).
In 2025, 89 US girls were named Minerva, making it the 2,112th most common girls’ name of the year, up 340 places from #2,452 in 2024. That is 15 more than the 74 girls named Minerva in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #194, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 221, in 1955. For comparison, it was #3,242 in 2015 and #716 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Minerva in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 63 babies with the name. In all, 15,823 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 1,874 babies named Minerva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 791 US girls were named Minerva; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 93. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,059 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Minerva ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #1,170 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. The open nickname list we use links it to Minnie.
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 Italian and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Minerva is listed as a nickname for Manerva.
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 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 5 | #1,170 | — |
| California | 16 | #1,462 | #1,895 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,596 | #3,156 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,112 | — | — |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,452 | — | — |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,086 | — | — |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,270 | — | — |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,226 | — | — |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,519 | — | — |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,214 | — | — |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,250 | — | — |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,591 | — | — |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,687 | — | — |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,242 | — | — |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,403 | — | — |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,445 | — | — |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,969 | — | — |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,985 | — | — |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,086 | — | — |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,847 | — | — |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,459 | — | — |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,590 | — | — |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,749 | — | — |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,815 | — | — |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,798 | — | — |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,631 | — | — |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,767 | — | — |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,127 | — | — |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,847 | — | — |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,840 | — | — |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,639 | — | — |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,382 | — | — |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,301 | — | — |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,208 | — | — |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,059 | — | — |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,772 | — | — |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,653 | — | — |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,561 | — | — |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,798 | — | — |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,714 | — | — |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,491 | — | — |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,503 | — | — |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,719 | — | — |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,504 | — | — |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,370 | — | — |
| 1981 | 112 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 1980 | 97 | #1,314 | — | — |
| 1979 | 102 | #1,257 | — | — |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1977 | 95 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1976 | 125 | #1,006 | — | — |
| 1975 | 100 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1974 | 91 | #1,214 | — | — |
| 1973 | 127 | #952 | — | — |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,062 | — | — |
| 1971 | 120 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1970 | 127 | #987 | — | — |
| 1969 | 124 | #963 | — | — |
| 1968 | 116 | #962 | — | — |
| 1967 | 155 | #804 | — | — |
| 1966 | 128 | #888 | — | — |
| 1965 | 154 | #797 | — | — |
| 1964 | 148 | #857 | — | — |
| 1963 | 179 | #775 | — | — |
| 1962 | 158 | #839 | — | — |
| 1961 | 217 | #710 | — | — |
| 1960 | 206 | #712 | — | — |
| 1959 | 179 | #761 | — | — |
| 1958 | 206 | #689 | — | — |
| 1957 | 212 | #679 | — | — |
| 1956 | 193 | #690 | — | — |
| 1955 | 221 | #625 | — | — |
| 1954 | 185 | #691 | — | — |
| 1953 | 195 | #641 | — | — |
| 1952 | 171 | #685 | — | — |
| 1951 | 168 | #679 | — | — |
| 1950 | 144 | #716 | — | — |
| 1949 | 154 | #673 | — | — |
| 1948 | 147 | #685 | — | — |
| 1947 | 130 | #753 | — | — |
| 1946 | 143 | #669 | — | — |
| 1945 | 112 | #706 | — | — |
| 1944 | 155 | #591 | — | — |
| 1943 | 150 | #619 | — | — |
| 1942 | 123 | #677 | — | — |
| 1941 | 118 | #654 | — | — |
| 1940 | 105 | #678 | — | — |
| 1939 | 114 | #642 | — | — |
| 1938 | 121 | #620 | — | — |
| 1937 | 116 | #630 | — | — |
| 1936 | 104 | #651 | — | — |
| 1935 | 101 | #657 | — | — |
| 1934 | 126 | #577 | — | — |
| 1933 | 125 | #573 | — | — |
| 1932 | 146 | #539 | — | — |
| 1931 | 138 | #559 | — | — |
| 1930 | 157 | #543 | — | — |
| 1929 | 159 | #543 | — | — |
| 1928 | 153 | #571 | — | — |
| 1927 | 157 | #570 | — | — |
| 1926 | 143 | #596 | — | — |
| 1925 | 185 | #522 | — | — |
| 1924 | 183 | #534 | — | — |
| 1923 | 155 | #579 | — | — |
| 1922 | 197 | #496 | — | — |
| 1921 | 202 | #486 | — | — |
| 1920 | 204 | #479 | — | — |
| 1919 | 185 | #493 | — | — |
| 1918 | 200 | #478 | — | — |
| 1917 | 211 | #442 | — | — |
| 1916 | 181 | #473 | — | — |
| 1915 | 205 | #424 | — | — |
| 1914 | 139 | #463 | — | — |
| 1913 | 145 | #409 | — | — |
| 1912 | 111 | #451 | — | — |
| 1911 | 114 | #381 | — | — |
| 1910 | 100 | #396 | — | — |
| 1909 | 95 | #382 | — | — |
| 1908 | 85 | #395 | — | — |
| 1907 | 63 | #451 | — | — |
| 1906 | 84 | #373 | — | — |
| 1905 | 88 | #360 | — | — |
| 1904 | 64 | #404 | — | — |
| 1903 | 76 | #368 | — | — |
| 1902 | 88 | #336 | — | — |
| 1901 | 84 | #332 | — | — |
| 1900 | 101 | #336 | — | — |
| 1899 | 82 | #332 | — | — |
| 1898 | 79 | #348 | — | — |
| 1897 | 74 | #341 | — | — |
| 1896 | 98 | #296 | — | — |
| 1895 | 75 | #333 | — | — |
| 1894 | 82 | #306 | — | — |
| 1893 | 61 | #347 | — | — |
| 1892 | 82 | #302 | — | — |
| 1891 | 59 | #328 | — | — |
| 1890 | 89 | #267 | — | — |
| 1889 | 79 | #267 | — | — |
| 1888 | 79 | #260 | — | — |
| 1887 | 64 | #264 | — | — |
| 1886 | 65 | #259 | — | — |
| 1885 | 77 | #225 | — | — |
| 1884 | 73 | #226 | — | — |
| 1883 | 52 | #251 | — | — |
| 1882 | 56 | #231 | — | — |
| 1881 | 53 | #206 | — | — |
| 1880 | 63 | #194 | — | — |
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).