first name
MINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,867 people named Mina, 53.6% reported their origin as White, 23.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 9.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 85.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Mina peaked in 2021, when 523 babies got the name.
At least 19,939 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Mina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #398. The largest share of babies named Mina, 30%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Mina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mina has been most common in California (2.1×), Washington (1.9×), and New York (1.5×), and least common in Louisiana (0.16×).
11,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Mina
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mina ranks #9,243 of 156,621, with 3,383 people. See Mina as a last name
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