Minnie

What Minnie means

Means “minenwerfer trench mortar”

Alternative letter-case form of minnie (“minenwerfer trench mortar”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Minnie” (revision 89453607), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Minnie?

US: Falling: down from #2619 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #296 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 1,746 girls got the name (#5 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 29,764 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,878 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 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 OK (0.47 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.29 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.03 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Minnie is #3028 in the US and #455 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Minnie 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

• Miani36 US
• Moonie6 US

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

If you like Minnie

Girls

• Blake#295“black”^*
• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Cataleya#237Editor’s note Up from #437 in 2015 to #237 in 2025 in the US
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*

For a brother

• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Kyrie#244Editor’s note Up from #333 in 2015 to #244 in 2025 in the US
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*
• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Leon#138“lion”^*

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 Minnie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.