NameTides

Minerva

Minerva was the #2,099 girls' name in the US in 2025 (89 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #2,131 in Canada.

Minerva as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Minerva as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Minerva as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,099 (89)#3,035 (8)#2,131 (10)
2024#2,434 (74)#2,575 (10)#2,259 (9)
2023#2,076 (93)#1,959 (14)#2,900 (6)
2022#2,253 (83)#1,948 (14)#1,989 (10)
2021#2,212 (84)#2,073 (13)#3,280 (5)
2020#2,500 (69)#2,163 (12)#2,007 (10)
2019#2,193 (84)#2,643 (9)#3,266 (5)
2018#2,238 (82)#2,187 (12)—
2017#2,573 (68)#4,063 (5)—
2016#2,667 (65)#2,233 (12)#2,595 (7)
2015#3,211 (51)#2,496 (10)#3,286 (5)
2014#3,369 (47)#2,862 (8)#2,905 (6)
2013#3,404 (46)#2,062 (13)—
2012#3,915 (39)#3,285 (7)—
2011#3,916 (38)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #193.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Minerva is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Minerva by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Minerva (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Minerva (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MinervaCanadaGirls#2,13110
MinervaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
MinervaUSGirls#2,09989