Minette

Girl · recorded 1893–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Minette.

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Its story

Popularity since 1893

0122418931925195719882020

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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 78 recorded years as a table
Minette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189323
189721
190020
190219
190617
190722
190824
191023
191220
191313
191416
191512
191616
19175
191810
19198
19205
19216
192210
19236
19246
192510
192712
19288
19296
19306
193510
19366
19385
19404
19418
19435
19465
19475
19483
19495
19505
19513
19524
19534
19547
19557
19565
19576
19586
19595
19606
19614
19625
19638
19647
19657
19665
196710
196812
19698
19708
19718
19728
19736
19747
19758
19767
19777
19787
19797
19818
19824
19833
19856
19884
19913
19963
20054
20174
20185
20195
20203

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Minette 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 2020
5
Rank in 2020
#15,088
How rare
1 in 323,309 girls
Since 1893
732

Minette was last recorded in 2020. 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 1908, at 24 per million girls born.

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

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