Minervia

Girl · recorded 1880–1938

  • 1938last recorded
  • 1880best year

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

Last recorded in 1938. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0397718801895190919241938

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 16 recorded years as a table
Minervia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188077
188345
188538
188928
189037
189127
189338
190129
190716
190914
191013
19147
19196
19255
19294
19387

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Minervia isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1938
8
Rank in 1938
#3,181
How rare
1 in 137,932 girls
Since 1880
95

Minervia was last recorded in 1938. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1880, at 77 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Minervia doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.