Minerva
Girl · mih-NUR-va · Latin
Minerva is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,099th for girls in the US (89 babies).
What does Minerva mean?
Latin: name of a Roman goddess, perhaps of Etruscan origin
Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and crafts; Minerva McGonagall teaches at Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
- Say it
- mih-NUR-va
Is Minerva a girl's or a boy's name?
Minerva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 89 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Minerva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Minerva, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Minerva than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Minerva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Minerva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Minerva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,099among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 89about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 89 girls in the US were named Minerva, making it the 2,099th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 1955, with 221 girls.
Half of all the girls named Minerva in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1971. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Minerva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #2,099 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,076 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 84 | #2,212 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 84 | #2,193 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,783 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 61 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 51 | #2,813 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 56 | #2,357 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 72 | #1,947 |
| 1993 | 67 | #2,040 |
| 1992 | 84 | #1,751 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,640 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,548 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,786 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,698 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,484 |
| 1985 | 82 | #1,492 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,496 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 112 | #1,181 |
| 1980 | 97 | #1,310 |
| 1979 | 102 | #1,251 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 95 | #1,257 |
| 1976 | 125 | #1,005 |
| 1975 | 100 | #1,155 |
| 1974 | 91 | #1,209 |
| 1973 | 127 | #947 |
| 1972 | 109 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 127 | #985 |
| 1969 | 124 | #961 |
| 1968 | 116 | #958 |
| 1967 | 155 | #802 |
| 1966 | 128 | #887 |
| 1965 | 154 | #797 |
| 1964 | 148 | #856 |
| 1963 | 179 | #773 |
| 1962 | 158 | #837 |
| 1961 | 217 | #708 |
| 1960 | 206 | #711 |
| 1959 | 179 | #761 |
| 1958 | 206 | #685 |
| 1957 | 212 | #677 |
| 1956 | 193 | #688 |
| 1955 | 221 | #623 |
| 1954 | 185 | #689 |
| 1953 | 195 | #638 |
| 1952 | 171 | #682 |
| 1951 | 168 | #677 |
| 1950 | 144 | #715 |
| 1949 | 154 | #670 |
| 1948 | 147 | #681 |
| 1947 | 130 | #750 |
| 1946 | 143 | #667 |
| 1945 | 112 | #701 |
| 1944 | 155 | #590 |
| 1943 | 150 | #619 |
| 1942 | 123 | #675 |
| 1941 | 118 | #651 |
| 1940 | 105 | #675 |
| 1939 | 114 | #640 |
| 1938 | 121 | #618 |
| 1937 | 116 | #629 |
| 1936 | 104 | #649 |
| 1935 | 101 | #654 |
| 1934 | 126 | #576 |
| 1933 | 125 | #573 |
| 1932 | 146 | #537 |
| 1931 | 138 | #558 |
| 1930 | 157 | #542 |
| 1929 | 159 | #540 |
| 1928 | 153 | #571 |
| 1927 | 157 | #568 |
| 1926 | 143 | #593 |
| 1925 | 185 | #519 |
| 1924 | 183 | #532 |
| 1923 | 155 | #579 |
| 1922 | 197 | #495 |
| 1921 | 202 | #486 |
| 1920 | 204 | #477 |
| 1919 | 185 | #493 |
| 1918 | 200 | #475 |
| 1917 | 211 | #441 |
| 1916 | 181 | #472 |
| 1915 | 205 | #424 |
| 1914 | 139 | #462 |
| 1913 | 145 | #408 |
| 1912 | 111 | #447 |
| 1911 | 114 | #381 |
| 1910 | 100 | #395 |
| 1909 | 95 | #381 |
| 1908 | 85 | #391 |
| 1907 | 63 | #451 |
| 1906 | 84 | #368 |
| 1905 | 88 | #357 |
| 1904 | 64 | #404 |
| 1903 | 76 | #368 |
| 1902 | 88 | #335 |
| 1901 | 84 | #331 |
| 1900 | 101 | #336 |
| 1899 | 82 | #330 |
| 1898 | 79 | #348 |
| 1897 | 74 | #341 |
| 1896 | 98 | #294 |
| 1895 | 75 | #330 |
| 1894 | 82 | #306 |
| 1893 | 61 | #343 |
| 1892 | 82 | #299 |
| 1891 | 59 | #325 |
| 1890 | 89 | #265 |
| 1889 | 79 | #266 |
| 1888 | 79 | #260 |
| 1887 | 64 | #264 |
| 1886 | 65 | #259 |
| 1885 | 77 | #225 |
| 1884 | 73 | #221 |
| 1883 | 52 | #249 |
| 1882 | 56 | #230 |
| 1881 | 53 | #205 |
| 1880 | 63 | #193 |
Nicknames for Minerva
- Minnie 99 girls in the UK in 2025
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