Minerva is an established girls' name that peaked in 1955 and has grown less common since.
Minerva is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,112 for girl births in the United States (and #3,851 across all names), given to 89 babies. Minerva first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1955 (221 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | #2,112 |
| 2024 | 74 | 74 | #2,452 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | #2,086 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | #2,270 |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | #2,226 |
| 2020 | 69 | 69 | #2,519 |
| 2019 | 84 | 84 | #2,214 |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | #2,250 |
| 2017 | 68 | 68 | #2,591 |
| 2016 | 65 | 65 | #2,687 |
| 2015 | 51 | 51 | #3,242 |
| 2014 | 47 | 47 | #3,403 |
| 2013 | 46 | 46 | #3,445 |
| 2012 | 39 | 39 | #3,969 |
| 2011 | 38 | 38 | #3,985 |
| 2010 | 37 | 37 | #4,086 |
| 2009 | 41 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2008 | 48 | 48 | #3,459 |
| 2007 | 72 | 72 | #2,590 |
| 2006 | 65 | 65 | #2,749 |
| 2005 | 59 | 59 | #2,815 |
| 2004 | 58 | 58 | #2,798 |
| 2003 | 61 | 61 | #2,631 |
| 2002 | 55 | 55 | #2,767 |
| 2001 | 45 | 45 | #3,127 |
| 2000 | 51 | 51 | #2,847 |
| 1999 | 48 | 48 | #2,840 |
| 1998 | 52 | 57 | #2,639 |
| 1997 | 56 | — | #2,382 |
| 1996 | 58 | — | #2,301 |
| 1995 | 61 | — | #2,208 |
| 1994 | 72 | — | #1,965 |
| 1993 | 67 | — | #2,059 |
| 1992 | 84 | — | #1,757 |
| 1991 | 81 | — | #1,772 |
| 1990 | 90 | — | #1,653 |
| 1989 | 91 | — | #1,561 |
| 1988 | 70 | — | #1,798 |
| 1987 | 71 | — | #1,714 |
| 1986 | 84 | — | #1,491 |
| 1985 | 82 | — | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 64 | — | #1,719 |
| 1983 | 76 | — | #1,504 |
| 1982 | 90 | — | #1,370 |
| 1981 | 112 | — | #1,185 |
| 1980 | 97 | — | #1,314 |
| 1979 | 102 | — | #1,257 |
| 1978 | 74 | — | #1,520 |
| 1977 | 95 | — | #1,262 |
| 1976 | 125 | — | #1,006 |
| 1975 | 100 | — | #1,159 |
| 1974 | 91 | — | #1,214 |
| 1973 | 127 | — | #952 |
| 1972 | 109 | — | #1,062 |
| 1971 | 120 | — | #1,031 |
| 1970 | 127 | — | #987 |
| 1969 | 124 | — | #963 |
| 1968 | 116 | — | #962 |
| 1967 | 155 | — | #804 |
| 1966 | 128 | — | #888 |
| 1965 | 154 | — | #797 |
| 1964 | 148 | — | #857 |
| 1963 | 179 | — | #775 |
| 1962 | 158 | — | #839 |
| 1961 | 217 | — | #710 |
| 1960 | 206 | — | #712 |
| 1959 | 179 | — | #761 |
| 1958 | 206 | — | #689 |
| 1957 | 212 | — | #679 |
| 1956 | 193 | — | #690 |
| 1955 | 221 | — | #625 |
| 1954 | 185 | — | #691 |
| 1953 | 195 | — | #641 |
| 1952 | 171 | — | #685 |
| 1951 | 168 | — | #679 |
| 1950 | 144 | — | #716 |
| 1949 | 154 | — | #673 |
| 1948 | 147 | — | #685 |
| 1947 | 130 | — | #753 |
| 1946 | 143 | — | #669 |
| 1945 | 112 | — | #706 |
| 1944 | 155 | — | #591 |
| 1943 | 150 | — | #619 |
| 1942 | 123 | — | #677 |
| 1941 | 118 | — | #654 |
| 1940 | 105 | — | #678 |
| 1939 | 114 | — | #642 |
| 1938 | 121 | — | #620 |
| 1937 | 116 | — | #630 |
| 1936 | 104 | — | #651 |
| 1935 | 101 | — | #657 |
| 1934 | 126 | — | #577 |
| 1933 | 125 | — | #573 |
| 1932 | 146 | — | #539 |
| 1931 | 138 | — | #559 |
| 1930 | 157 | — | #543 |
| 1929 | 159 | — | #543 |
| 1928 | 153 | — | #571 |
| 1927 | 157 | — | #570 |
| 1926 | 143 | — | #596 |
| 1925 | 185 | — | #522 |
| 1924 | 183 | — | #534 |
| 1923 | 155 | — | #579 |
| 1922 | 197 | — | #496 |
| 1921 | 202 | — | #486 |
| 1920 | 204 | — | #479 |
| 1919 | 185 | — | #493 |
| 1918 | 200 | — | #478 |
| 1917 | 211 | — | #442 |
| 1916 | 181 | — | #473 |
| 1915 | 205 | — | #424 |
| 1914 | 139 | — | #463 |
| 1913 | 145 | — | #409 |
| 1912 | 111 | — | #451 |
| 1911 | 114 | — | #381 |
| 1910 | 100 | — | #396 |
| 1909 | 95 | — | #382 |
| 1908 | 85 | — | #395 |
| 1907 | 63 | — | #451 |
| 1906 | 84 | — | #373 |
| 1905 | 88 | — | #360 |
| 1904 | 64 | — | #404 |
| 1903 | 76 | — | #368 |
| 1902 | 88 | — | #336 |
| 1901 | 84 | — | #332 |
| 1900 | 101 | — | #336 |
| 1899 | 82 | — | #332 |
| 1898 | 79 | — | #348 |
| 1897 | 74 | — | #341 |
| 1896 | 98 | — | #296 |
| 1895 | 75 | — | #333 |
| 1894 | 82 | — | #306 |
| 1893 | 61 | — | #347 |
| 1892 | 82 | — | #302 |
| 1891 | 59 | — | #328 |
| 1890 | 89 | — | #267 |
| 1889 | 79 | — | #267 |
| 1888 | 79 | — | #260 |
| 1887 | 64 | — | #264 |
| 1886 | 65 | — | #259 |
| 1885 | 77 | — | #225 |
| 1884 | 73 | — | #226 |
| 1883 | 52 | — | #251 |
| 1882 | 56 | — | #231 |
| 1881 | 53 | — | #206 |
| 1880 | 63 | — | #194 |