Is Minerva a boy or girl name?
Minerva is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 74 girls and 0 boys were named Minerva, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 15,734 US babies named Minerva were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,446
- Babies named Minerva since 1880
- 15,734
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 221 babies
Boys and girls named Minerva, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 661 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 781 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 828 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,591 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,738 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,248 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,337 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,874 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,585 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,070 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 837 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 669 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 555 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 557 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 403 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 74 | #2,446 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 93 | #2,085 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 83 | #2,265 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 84 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 69 | #2,518 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 84 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 82 | #2,250 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 68 | #2,590 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,687 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 51 | #3,242 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 47 | #3,402 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 46 | #3,445 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 39 | #3,969 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 38 | #3,985 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 37 | #4,085 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 48 | #3,457 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 72 | #2,590 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 65 | #2,749 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 59 | #2,815 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,798 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,631 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 55 | #2,767 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 45 | #3,127 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 51 | #2,847 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 48 | #2,840 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 52 | #2,639 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 56 | #2,382 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 58 | #2,301 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 61 | #2,208 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,965 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 67 | #2,059 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,757 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,653 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,561 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,798 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 71 | #1,713 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,491 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,719 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,504 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,370 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 112 | #1,185 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 97 | #1,314 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 102 | #1,256 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,519 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 95 | #1,262 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 125 | #1,006 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,159 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,214 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 127 | #952 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 109 | #1,062 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 120 | #1,030 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 127 | #987 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 124 | #963 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 116 | #962 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 155 | #804 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 128 | #888 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 154 | #797 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 148 | #857 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 179 | #775 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 158 | #839 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 217 | #710 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 206 | #712 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 179 | #761 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 206 | #688 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 212 | #679 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 193 | #690 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 221 | #625 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 185 | #691 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 195 | #641 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 171 | #685 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 168 | #679 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 144 | #716 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 154 | #673 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 147 | #685 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 130 | #753 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 143 | #669 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 112 | #706 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 155 | #591 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 150 | #619 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 123 | #677 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 118 | #654 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 105 | #678 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 114 | #642 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 121 | #620 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 116 | #630 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 104 | #651 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 101 | #657 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 126 | #577 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 125 | #573 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 146 | #539 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 138 | #559 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 157 | #543 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 159 | #543 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 153 | #571 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 157 | #570 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 143 | #596 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 185 | #522 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 183 | #534 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 155 | #579 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 197 | #496 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 202 | #486 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 204 | #479 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 185 | #493 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 200 | #478 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 211 | #442 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 181 | #473 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 205 | #424 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 139 | #463 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 145 | #409 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 111 | #451 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 114 | #381 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 100 | #396 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 95 | #382 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 85 | #395 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 63 | #451 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 84 | #373 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 88 | #360 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 64 | #404 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 76 | #368 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 88 | #336 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 84 | #332 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 101 | #336 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 82 | #332 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 79 | #348 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 74 | #341 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 98 | #296 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 75 | #333 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 82 | #306 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 61 | #347 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 82 | #302 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 59 | #328 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 89 | #267 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 79 | #267 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 79 | #260 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 64 | #264 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 65 | #259 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 77 | #225 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 73 | #226 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 52 | #251 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 56 | #231 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 53 | #206 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 63 | #194 |
Highest rank
Minerva has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #194 in 1880. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Minerva
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.