Mina
Girl · MEE-na · Germanic
Mina is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 422nd for girls in the UK (107 babies) and 595th for girls in the US (491 babies).
What does Mina mean?
Germanic: short form of Wilhelmina; also a Persian and Arabic name
Short form of Wilhelmina, as with Mina Harker in Bram Stoker's Dracula; also a separate Persian and Arabic name.
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- MEE-na
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Is Mina a girl's or a boy's name?
Mina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 107 girls in the UK and 491 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Mina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #422among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 107about 1 in 2,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 107 girls in the UK were named Mina, making it the 422nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Mina of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Mina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #422 for this spelling alone.
- Mina 107
- Minah 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 408th in England and Wales, 632nd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Mina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | #422 |
| 2024 | 88 | #508 |
| 2023 | 84 | #519 |
| 2022 | 72 | #590 |
| 2021 | 63 | #668 |
| 2020 | 79 | #556 |
| 2019 | 74 | #597 |
| 2018 | 93 | #509 |
| 2017 | 85 | #550 |
| 2016 | 70 | #656 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 72 | #625 |
| 2013 | 56 | #761 |
| 2012 | 57 | #757 |
| 2011 | 37 | #1,024 |
| 2010 | 65 | #653 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 50 | #764 |
| 2007 | 38 | #893 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 30 | #857 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Mina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #595among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 491about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 491 girls in the US were named Mina, making it the 595th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 512 girls. 15 boys were also named Mina in 2025 (5,859th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Mina in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 522 girls in the US were given Mina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #571, up from #595 for this spelling alone.
Mina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 491 | #595 |
| 2024 | 494 | #609 |
| 2023 | 512 | #586 |
| 2022 | 488 | #611 |
| 2021 | 507 | #590 |
| 2020 | 435 | #661 |
| 2019 | 427 | #680 |
| 2018 | 480 | #625 |
| 2017 | 411 | #703 |
| 2016 | 384 | #741 |
| 2015 | 370 | #763 |
| 2014 | 412 | #688 |
| 2013 | 361 | #750 |
| 2012 | 318 | #839 |
| 2011 | 333 | #808 |
| 2010 | 266 | #963 |
| 2009 | 323 | #861 |
| 2008 | 304 | #905 |
| 2007 | 287 | #944 |
| 2006 | 260 | #996 |
| 2005 | 281 | #894 |
| 2004 | 276 | #884 |
| 2003 | 219 | #1,042 |
| 2002 | 236 | #945 |
| 2001 | 191 | #1,108 |
| 2000 | 178 | #1,140 |
| 1999 | 162 | #1,189 |
| 1998 | 148 | #1,226 |
| 1997 | 177 | #1,070 |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,244 |
| 1995 | 125 | #1,319 |
| 1994 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,469 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 77 | #1,826 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,580 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 61 | #1,832 |
| 1984 | 60 | #1,788 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,886 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 66 | #1,714 |
| 1980 | 57 | #1,886 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,305 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,999 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,939 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,212 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,635 |
| 1968 | 65 | #1,387 |
| 1967 | 67 | #1,336 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,610 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 55 | #1,510 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,639 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,596 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,416 |
| 1957 | 56 | #1,406 |
| 1956 | 64 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | 63 | #1,248 |
| 1953 | 60 | #1,247 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 61 | #1,189 |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,258 |
| 1949 | 73 | #1,049 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,058 |
| 1946 | 70 | #1,005 |
| 1945 | 59 | #1,003 |
| 1944 | 68 | #937 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 66 | #903 |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 |
| 1939 | 76 | #785 |
| 1938 | 87 | #737 |
| 1937 | 77 | #778 |
| 1936 | 65 | #840 |
| 1935 | 82 | #744 |
| 1934 | 92 | #697 |
| 1933 | 80 | #736 |
| 1932 | 102 | #667 |
| 1931 | 92 | #697 |
| 1930 | 110 | #655 |
| 1929 | 105 | #683 |
| 1928 | 101 | #695 |
| 1927 | 126 | #638 |
| 1926 | 121 | #655 |
| 1925 | 123 | #664 |
| 1924 | 119 | #681 |
| 1923 | 134 | #634 |
| 1922 | 137 | #628 |
| 1921 | 127 | #652 |
| 1920 | 143 | #599 |
| 1919 | 145 | #576 |
| 1918 | 153 | #576 |
| 1917 | 172 | #505 |
| 1916 | 178 | #477 |
| 1915 | 156 | #491 |
| 1914 | 109 | #532 |
| 1913 | 120 | #453 |
| 1912 | 93 | #494 |
| 1911 | 91 | #427 |
| 1910 | 71 | #480 |
| 1909 | 67 | #456 |
| 1908 | 64 | #453 |
| 1907 | 66 | #439 |
| 1906 | 78 | #388 |
| 1905 | 72 | #397 |
| 1904 | 75 | #378 |
| 1903 | 86 | #338 |
| 1902 | 73 | #373 |
| 1901 | 83 | #337 |
| 1900 | 92 | #349 |
| 1899 | 85 | #325 |
| 1898 | 104 | #305 |
| 1897 | 92 | #300 |
| 1896 | 107 | #281 |
| 1895 | 94 | #294 |
| 1894 | 103 | #274 |
| 1893 | 105 | #262 |
| 1892 | 105 | #258 |
| 1891 | 119 | #221 |
| 1890 | 95 | #258 |
| 1889 | 90 | #245 |
| 1888 | 104 | #227 |
| 1887 | 61 | #270 |
| 1886 | 80 | #228 |
| 1885 | 82 | #218 |
| 1884 | 56 | #260 |
| 1883 | 89 | #178 |
| 1882 | 76 | #180 |
| 1881 | 62 | #192 |
| 1880 | 73 | #175 |
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