# Minnie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/minnie/  
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 | /ˈmɪni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 160,067 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 787 / 159,280 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,265, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Its diminutives + -ie.

## 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 | 39 | 3,890 |
| 2012 | 45 | 3,566 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,927 |
| 2014 | 50 | 3,261 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,638 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,659 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,627 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,603 |
| 2019 | 74 | 2,418 |
| 2020 | 71 | 2,463 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,743 |
| 2022 | 55 | 3,019 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,257 |
| 2024 | 64 | 2,712 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,060 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 12 | 2,133 |
| 1940 | 8 | 2,800 |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,811 |
| 1942 | 9 | 2,653 |
| 1943 | 10 | 2,508 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,784 |
| 1945 | 7 | 2,910 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,854 |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,807 |
| 1948 | 6 | 3,558 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,052 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,575 |
| 1953 | 5 | 4,177 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,358 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,374 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 552 |
| 2012 | 104 | 437 |
| 2013 | 123 | 368 |
| 2014 | 127 | 356 |
| 2015 | 161 | 296 |
| 2016 | 181 | 274 |
| 2017 | 159 | 306 |
| 2018 | 167 | 285 |
| 2019 | 140 | 329 |
| 2020 | 110 | 393 |
| 2021 | 107 | 416 |
| 2022 | 79 | 504 |
| 2023 | 90 | 444 |
| 2024 | 99 | 432 |
| 2025 | 88 | 455 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 明妮
- Esperanto: Minjo
- French: Minnie
- Japanese: ミニー
- Korean: 미니
- Russian: Минни
- Vietnamese: Minnie, Min-ni, Min-ny

## People named Minnie

- Minnie Driver, British-American actress (born 1970)
- Minnie Hauk, American singer and actor (1851-1929)
- Minnie Pearl, American comedian and country singer (1912–1996)
- Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress, playwright, and editor (1865–1932)
- Minnie Bruce Pratt, American educator, poet, essayist and theorist (1946–2023)
- Minnie Warren, American entertainer (1849–1878)
- Minnie Devereaux, actress (1891-1984)
- Minnie Dupree, American actress (1873-1947)
- Minnie Fisher Cunningham, American suffragist and politician (1882-1964)
- Joycelyn Elders, American pediatrician, public health administrator, and former Surgeon General of the Unit
- Kathy Staff, British actress (1928–2008)

## 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.