Minal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-NAAL
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Minal is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Is Minal a girl's or a boy's name?
Minal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Minal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Minal, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Minal than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Minal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Minal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Minaal 10
- Minal 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Minal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Minal in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Minal in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Minal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
Names like Minal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amal, Zainab, Maya, Ayah, Ayzal, Raya, Hafsa, Zimal, Ayla, Ayra, Summer
Other spellings of Minal
Names related to Minal
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Minal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/minal, updated 20 October 2026.