Mina

What Mina means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Mina yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #763 in 2015 to #595 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Mina?

US: Rising: up from #763 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #787 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 73 girls got the name (#175 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,273 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,533 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (1.0 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.61 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.61 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Mina is #595 in the US and #408 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.0% of US babies named Mina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mona61 US · 15 E&W
• Muna45 US · 9 E&W
• Meena40 US · 9 E&W
• Moana35 US · 7 E&W
• Minna29 US · 12 E&W
• Monae20 US · 13 E&W
• Mana24 US · 8 E&W
• Menna9 US · 11 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Meena
• Minah

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Mina

Girls

• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*

For a brother

• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Legend#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mina’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.