The first name Minnie

In 2025, 88 girls were named Minnie, making it the 455th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2016, with 181 births (#274).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Minnie with other names.

In 2025, 54 girls born in the United States were named Minnie, the 3,060th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 3,274 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.

Spelled Minnie in French and Vietnamese too.

• 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, born 1933
• Kathy Staff
  British actress (1928–2008)

What does the name Minnie mean?

Its diminutives + -ie.

How popular is the name Minnie?

In 2025, 88 girls born in England and Wales were named Minnie, ranking 455th. Its peak was 2016, with 181 births.

Is Minnie a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 160,067 US babies named Minnie since 1880 were girls.

When was Minnie most popular?

1916 in the United States, when 3,274 babies were named Minnie, its highest rank at 71st.

How do you pronounce Minnie?

Minnie is /ˈmɪni/, 2 syllables.