Minna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Minna: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,475 in 2000, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1475highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#2165
1999	#1805
2000	#1475
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#1996
2004	#2112
2005	#3970
2006	#2320
2007	#3218
2008	#2292
2009	#5556
2010	#3533
2011	#3185
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#2464
2015	#3615
2016	#2367
2017	#3229
2018	#2674
2019	#3541
2020	#2843
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#2771

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1475 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Minna 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 Minna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	74	10 of 10	7
2010s	73	10 of 10	7
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Minna 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1475 in England and Wales in 2000.

Minna'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,475, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2000Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Minhaj · #1345, 19y
Minnie · #251, 30y
Minsa · #625, 14y

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.

Alethea · #1475, 29y
Sima · #1473, 29y
Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alethea · #1475, 29y
Sima · #1473, 29y
Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y

Minna 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 Minna without appearing here.

Minna moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #5691.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4739 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Minna

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3229 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2112 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3970 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Minna

Blake Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #1805 to #2771 while Blake went from #3900 to #432.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #1805 to #2771 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #1805 to #2771 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.

Moved the same way as Minna

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #3126 to #5581 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #2165 to #3598 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #3126 to #5581 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Minna went from #1475 to #2771 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1475 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Minna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Minna at a glance

Minna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Minna and the names beside it

Minna moved ahead of

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