Minnette

Girl · recorded 1885–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1889best year

Most popular in 1889.

Last recorded in 1979. 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 Minnette.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1885

0203918851909193219561979

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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 69 recorded years as a table
Minnette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188538
188635
188834
188939
189026
189233
189338
189422
189621
189730
189926
190017
190125
190227
190429
190521
190815
190917
191015
191112
191232
191313
191413
191516
191613
191712
191814
191913
192013
192115
192212
192312
19248
19257
19266
192714
19289
19298
193012
193110
19326
19336
193510
19378
19399
19424
19434
19485
19493
19504
19553
19563
19573
19584
19593
19604
19613
19626
19635
19644
19664
19674
19685
19706
19715
19736
19764
19773
19794

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Minnette 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1979
7
Rank in 1979
#8,061
How rare
1 in 229,324 girls
Since 1885
593

Minnette was last recorded in 1979. 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 1889, at 39 per million girls born.

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

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