US BIRTHS · 1880–2025

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NAMES LIKE MINERVA

Same rise and fall as Minerva, around the same years.

WHERE MINERVA IS POPULAR · 2024

In 2024, Minerva ranked highest in Ohio (#2,582) and lowest in Florida (#3,766). 48 states had fewer than 5 babies with the name, too few to list.

TOP 1011–5051–200200+UNDER 5 BABIES

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Minerva name popularity

Minerva has been given to 15,823 babies in the United States since 1880.

It peaked in 1955, when 221 babies got the name, and its best rank was #385 in 1880.

In 2025, 89 babies were named Minerva (#3,832 in the country), 60% below the peak. That is up 75% from 2015.

Almost every Minerva is a girl.

An estimated 8K people named Minerva are alive in the US today, with a median age of 56.

HOW IT WORKS

The chart is the number of US babies given the name each year, from the Social Security Administration’s public baby-name files (names given to 5+ babies in a year). The “all-time high” is the name’s biggest year. “Holders” and “median holder age” are rough estimates that apply average US survival rates to each birth year, so they ignore immigration and name changes.

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