Minnie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MIN-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #445 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Minnie is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 445th for girls in the UK (99 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
What does Minnie mean?
Germanic: pet form of Wilhelmina, sometimes of Mary
Victorian pet form of Wilhelmina and Mary; Minnie Mouse first appeared in 1928.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Minnie a girl's or a boy's name?
Minnie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 girls in the UK and 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Minnie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #445among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 99about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 99 girls in the UK were named Minnie, making it the 445th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 399th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 196 girls.
Half of all the girls named Minnie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 455th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#48) and 1914 (#66).
Minnie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #445 |
| 2024 | 108 | #437 |
| 2023 | 96 | #462 |
| 2022 | 84 | #516 |
| 2021 | 114 | #430 |
| 2020 | 121 | #399 |
| 2019 | 150 | #338 |
| 2018 | 177 | #302 |
| 2017 | 173 | #307 |
| 2016 | 196 | #284 |
| 2015 | 169 | #306 |
| 2014 | 130 | #385 |
| 2013 | 129 | #389 |
| 2012 | 107 | #462 |
| 2011 | 77 | #581 |
| 2010 | 69 | #631 |
| 2009 | 62 | #652 |
| 2008 | 53 | #733 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Minnie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,028among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Minnie, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,441st. Its busiest year was 1916, with 3,274 girls.
Half of all the girls named Minnie in the US since 1880 were born between 1897 and 1929. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Minnie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,995 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 71 | #2,441 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,624 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,746 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,316 |
| 1975 | 96 | #1,202 |
| 1974 | 104 | #1,115 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,066 |
| 1972 | 115 | #1,017 |
| 1971 | 134 | #951 |
| 1970 | 126 | #989 |
| 1969 | 138 | #897 |
| 1968 | 155 | #813 |
| 1967 | 175 | #738 |
| 1966 | 181 | #730 |
| 1965 | 208 | #680 |
| 1964 | 223 | #687 |
| 1963 | 245 | #645 |
| 1962 | 270 | #610 |
| 1961 | 321 | #550 |
| 1960 | 350 | #515 |
| 1959 | 423 | #469 |
| 1958 | 416 | #464 |
| 1957 | 418 | #463 |
| 1956 | 494 | #405 |
| 1955 | 546 | #376 |
| 1954 | 614 | #345 |
| 1953 | 657 | #318 |
| 1952 | 696 | #302 |
| 1951 | 792 | #279 |
| 1950 | 877 | #258 |
| 1949 | 935 | #247 |
| 1948 | 993 | #237 |
| 1947 | 1,051 | #229 |
| 1946 | 1,071 | #218 |
| 1945 | 1,088 | #187 |
| 1944 | 1,221 | #175 |
| 1943 | 1,347 | #173 |
| 1942 | 1,446 | #161 |
| 1941 | 1,355 | #165 |
| 1940 | 1,229 | #168 |
| 1939 | 1,268 | #165 |
| 1938 | 1,361 | #161 |
| 1937 | 1,378 | #156 |
| 1936 | 1,430 | #148 |
| 1935 | 1,581 | #139 |
| 1934 | 1,663 | #133 |
| 1933 | 1,603 | #134 |
| 1932 | 1,809 | #129 |
| 1931 | 1,773 | #129 |
| 1930 | 2,008 | #122 |
| 1929 | 1,994 | #124 |
| 1928 | 2,227 | #118 |
| 1927 | 2,469 | #114 |
| 1926 | 2,449 | #111 |
| 1925 | 2,739 | #104 |
| 1924 | 2,885 | #100 |
| 1923 | 2,785 | #99 |
| 1922 | 3,115 | #91 |
| 1921 | 2,998 | #96 |
| 1920 | 3,244 | #87 |
| 1919 | 3,272 | #80 |
| 1918 | 3,181 | #88 |
| 1917 | 3,262 | #75 |
| 1916 | 3,274 | #71 |
| 1915 | 3,270 | #68 |
| 1914 | 2,718 | #67 |
| 1913 | 2,332 | #63 |
| 1912 | 2,295 | #60 |
| 1911 | 1,899 | #52 |
| 1910 | 1,983 | #50 |
| 1909 | 1,779 | #50 |
| 1908 | 1,817 | #47 |
| 1907 | 1,907 | #40 |
| 1906 | 1,777 | #39 |
| 1905 | 1,950 | #35 |
| 1904 | 1,885 | #35 |
| 1903 | 1,846 | #35 |
| 1902 | 2,055 | #29 |
| 1901 | 2,026 | #26 |
| 1900 | 2,673 | #22 |
| 1899 | 2,036 | #25 |
| 1898 | 2,409 | #21 |
| 1897 | 2,284 | #21 |
| 1896 | 2,530 | #16 |
| 1895 | 2,567 | #13 |
| 1894 | 2,592 | #12 |
| 1893 | 2,510 | #12 |
| 1892 | 2,609 | #12 |
| 1891 | 2,428 | #8 |
| 1890 | 2,650 | #8 |
| 1889 | 2,624 | #6 |
| 1888 | 2,654 | #6 |
| 1887 | 2,215 | #6 |
| 1886 | 2,372 | #5 |
| 1885 | 2,178 | #6 |
| 1884 | 2,243 | #5 |
| 1883 | 2,035 | #5 |
| 1882 | 2,004 | #5 |
| 1881 | 1,653 | #6 |
| 1880 | 1,746 | #5 |
Names like Minnie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nellie Lottie Elsie Millie Annie Hattie Ada Mabel Florence Alice Winnie Martha
Names related to Minnie
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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, “Minnie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/minnie, updated 20 October 2026.