Minerva

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Minerva: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Minerva: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #1,948, and it stood at #2,574 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1948highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2004	#4598
2006	#4157
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2012	#3285
2013	#2062
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#2233
2017	#4063
2018	#2187
2019	#2643
2020	#2163
2021	#2073
2022	#1948
2023	#1959
2024	#2574

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #3900 among girls in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1948 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2574 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Minerva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Minerva in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010s	80	9 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Minerva appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022.

Minerva's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2574	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2073	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,948, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,574position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Barakah · #1948, 13y
Laia · #1948, 15y
Rheya · #1948, 21y
Adin · #1949, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Faiyaz · #1949, 13y
Jaan · #1949, 10y
Mansur · #1949, 18y
Osher · #1949, 22y

Minerva and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Minerva without appearing here.

Minerva moved ahead of

Finn Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #5742.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2062 and #5742.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4063 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Minerva

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4063 and #2502.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2574 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2073 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #1452.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2073 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Minerva

Kristin Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #3900 to #1959 while Kristin went from #1805 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 1999 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #3900 to #1959 while Tracey went from #1675 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #3900 to #2073 while Carol went from #1805 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #3900 to #2073 while Karin went from #1557 to #3192.

Moved the same way as Minerva

Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #4598 to #2574 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.
Harper Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #4598 to #2574 and Harper from #3725 to #22.
Marilyn Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #4598 to #2574 and Marilyn from #3197 to #1541.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minerva went from #4688 to #2574 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1948 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Minerva

Minerva at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Minerva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Minerva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Minerva and the names beside it

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Minerva at a glance

Minerva by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Minerva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Minerva and the names beside it

Minerva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Minerva

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Moved the same way as Minerva