How popular is the name Minna?

1,505 US babies were named Minna between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 2019.

What careers are people named Minna over-represented in?

Among notable women who are politicians, Minnas show up 3.1× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Minna

Minna. 1,505 US babies since 1940, peak 2019. Notable Minnas are 3.1× over-represented as politicians.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 2019

1,505 US babies were named Minna between 1940 and 2025.

Minna around the world

Sweden: 2,178 babies since 1998, peak 2011, No. 190 in 2022
England & Wales: 209 babies since 1996, peak 2025, No. 2,277 in 2025
France: 305 babies since 1900, peak 1910

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Minnas end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Politician	3.1×	High · 65 people
Actor	0.8×	Medium · 14 people
Footballer	1.0×	Medium · 10 people
Journalist	1.2×	Low · 9 people

Among notable women who are politicians, Minnas show up 3.1× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 11 Minas spell it Minna

Mina 81%
Minna 9%
Minha 5%
Minah 2%
Minnah 1%
Myna 1%
Miniya 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2019)