# Mina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmiːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Minnie |
| Variant spellings | Meena, Minah |
| US babies named this | 19,939 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 672 / 19,267 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,457, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 333 | 809 |
| 2012 | 318 | 839 |
| 2013 | 361 | 751 |
| 2014 | 412 | 689 |
| 2015 | 370 | 766 |
| 2016 | 384 | 744 |
| 2017 | 411 | 703 |
| 2018 | 480 | 625 |
| 2019 | 427 | 682 |
| 2020 | 435 | 661 |
| 2021 | 507 | 591 |
| 2022 | 488 | 613 |
| 2023 | 512 | 586 |
| 2024 | 494 | 609 |
| 2025 | 491 | 597 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 4,932 |
| 2012 | 23 | 4,344 |
| 2013 | 25 | 4,027 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,190 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,835 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,580 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,443 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,226 |
| 2019 | 17 | 5,489 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,513 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,706 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,103 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,583 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,701 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,051 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 959 |
| 2012 | 56 | 722 |
| 2013 | 54 | 733 |
| 2014 | 68 | 606 |
| 2015 | 49 | 787 |
| 2016 | 61 | 681 |
| 2017 | 81 | 533 |
| 2018 | 90 | 478 |
| 2019 | 70 | 574 |
| 2020 | 72 | 550 |
| 2021 | 61 | 634 |
| 2022 | 69 | 562 |
| 2023 | 79 | 498 |
| 2024 | 80 | 493 |
| 2025 | 100 | 408 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Mina

- Mina Sundwall, American actress
- Mina Loy, British writer, poet, playwright, novelist, painter, designer of lamps (1882-1966)
- Mina Wylie, Australian swimmer (1891–1984)
- Mina Rees, American mathematician (1902–1997)
- Mina Tander, German actress
- Mina Anwar, British actress
- Mina Klabin Warchavchik, Brazilian landscape architect
- Mina Khosrovani, actress
- Mina Fonda Ochtman, American artist (1862-1924)
- Mina Ben-Zvi, Commander in the Israeli Defense Force
- Mina Kruseman, Dutch writer (1839–1922)
- Mina Agossi, French singer-songwriter and songwriter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.