The first name Minna
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 12 girls were named Minna, making it the 2,278th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2000, with 12 births (#1,475).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Minna with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Minna at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 29 girls born in the United States were named Minna, the 4,722nd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 54 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Minna
16 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Minna CanthFinnish writer, editor (1844-1897)
- Minna GombellAmerican actress (1892–1973)
- Minna AaltonenFinnish actress (1966–2021)
- Minna KauppiFinnish orienteer, born 1982
- Minna NieminenFinnish rower, born 1976
- Minna SalamiFinnish-Nigerian journalist, born 1978
- Minna CauerGerman journalist, editor (1841–1922)
- Minna AthertonAustralian swimmer, born 2000
- Minna NikkanenFinnish pole vaulter, born 1988
- Minna PlanerGerman actress and the first wife of composer Richard Wagner (1809–1866)
- Minna HerzliebGerman female publisher (1789-1865)
- Minna SundbergFinnish illustrator and cartoonist, born 1990
Questions
- How popular is the name Minna?
- In 2025, 12 girls born in England and Wales were named Minna, ranking 2,278th. Its peak was 2000, with 12 births.
- Is Minna a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,151 US babies named Minna since 1880 were girls.
- When was Minna most popular?
- 1916 in the United States, when 54 babies were named Minna, its highest rank at 937th.