# Minerva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/minerva/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Minnie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,823 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,823 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 167, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 38 | 3,985 |
| 2012 | 39 | 3,969 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,445 |
| 2014 | 47 | 3,403 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,242 |
| 2016 | 65 | 2,687 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,591 |
| 2018 | 82 | 2,250 |
| 2019 | 84 | 2,214 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,519 |
| 2021 | 84 | 2,226 |
| 2022 | 83 | 2,270 |
| 2023 | 93 | 2,086 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,452 |
| 2025 | 89 | 2,112 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,574 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## People named Minerva

- Minerva Hase, German figure skater
- Minerva J. Chapman, American artist (1858-1947)
- Minerva Mirabal, Dominican lawyer and political activist
- Minerva Urecal, actress (1894-1966)
- Minerva Bernardino, Dominican diplomat
- Ida Tarbell, American journalist (1857-1944)

## 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.