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Mina

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

short form of Wilhelmina (from Wilhelm: willo "will, desire" + helm "helmet, protection"); also used independently in other cultures

One Mina, three histories

Germanic · A short form of Wilhelmina and other names ending in mina.

Japanese · A Japanese feminine name written with many kanji combinations, including 美奈 and 美菜.

Korean · A Korean feminine name written 미나; its meaning depends on the chosen hanja or native formation.

The story

Mina was a Victorian favorite before it was a modern one: about 1,000 girls in our 1890s records, the same decade Bram Stoker gave the name to Mina Harker, the steady heart of Dracula. It thinned gently for most of a century, down to about 430 girls in the 1970s, then turned: about 1,200 in the 1990s, about 2,600 in the 2000s, about 3,800 in the 2010s, and about 2,900 so far this decade. And Mina belongs to more languages than most names its size: an English short form of Wilhelmina, will and helmet in the old elements; a Sanskrit name meaning fish, a sign of the zodiac in Hindu astrology; Persian for glaze and enamel; Pashto for love. Short, warm, and at home in many languages: the kind of name a century hands back.

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The formal names behind Mina

Mina is an established short form of this name.

Wilhelmina · Germanic origin · Dutch and German feminine form of Wilhelm ("will helmet")

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How popular is Mina around the world?

In the United States, 3,003 babies were named Mina between 2020 and 2025. In Norway, 96 girls were given the name Mina in 2025.

Mina is on the official records of the United States, Norway, Austria, France, Scotland, England and Wales, Canada, South Australia, Spain, Mexico City, Argentina and Brazil.

United States

1 in 7,300

In the United States, 3,003 babies were named Mina between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Mina peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Mina has stayed between 431 and 3,964 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Norway

1 in 280 · register 2026

In Norway, 96 girls were given the name Mina in 2025.

1945peak 2007

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Austria

1 in 1,500

In Austria, 51 girls named Mina were born in 2025, the 123rd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 20142025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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France

1 in 3,700

In France, about 175 girls named Mina were born in 2025, the 305th most common name among girls that year.

1900peak 2019

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Scotland

1 in 5,700

In Scotland, 8 girls named Mina were registered in 2024, the 384th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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England and Wales

1 in 5,900

In England and Wales, 100 girls named Mina were born in 2025, the 408th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 8,000

In Canada, 46 girls named Mina were born in 2024, the 619th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Mina in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Mina in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Spain

1 in 12,000

In Spain, 3,672 residents are named Mina, the 604th most common name among women, with a mean age of 46.5 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Mexico City City

1 in 39,000

In Mexico City, there were 3 registrations of Mina in 2022.

2000peak 2020

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

1 in 330,000

In Argentina, 2 newborns were given the name Mina in 2024.

2012peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Brazil

1 in 500,000

At the 2022 census, 434 people in Brazil were named Mina, ranked 14,753rd, with a median age of 34.
Among people named Mina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 36 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Chile

last on record 2009

Mina is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Mina is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 1970

Mina is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 2024

Mina is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

2020peak 2024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2022

Mina is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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