Minka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MIN-ka
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Minka is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
Where does Minka come from?
Germanic: Central European pet form of names like Wilhelmina and Jasmina
Is Minka a girl's or a boy's name?
Minka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Minka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Minka, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Minka in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Minka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Minka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuna Minha Mika Miyori Kyomi Tru Rumi Adhara Ainhoa Prisha Arya Dakota
Names related to Minka
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Minka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/minka, updated 20 October 2026.