# Minna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/minna/  
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 | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,151 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 209, 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 | 28 | 5,013 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,570 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,182 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,416 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,369 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,809 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,048 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,310 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,767 |
| 2020 | 32 | 4,332 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,803 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,174 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,101 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,854 |
| 2025 | 29 | 4,722 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Minna

- Minna Canth, Finnish writer, editor (1844-1897)
- Minna Gombell, American actress (1892–1973)
- Minna Aaltonen, Finnish actress (1966–2021)
- Minna Kauppi, Finnish orienteer
- Minna Nieminen, Finnish rower
- Minna Salami, Finnish-Nigerian journalist
- Minna Cauer, German journalist, editor (1841–1922)
- Minna Atherton, Australian swimmer
- Minna Nikkanen, Finnish pole vaulter
- Minna Planer, German actress and the first wife of composer Richard Wagner (1809–1866)
- Minna Herzlieb, German female publisher (1789-1865)
- Minna Sundberg, Finnish illustrator and cartoonist

## 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.