Minta

Girls' name

Short form of Araminta

Minta has been given to 1,283 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Minta, 1993

1 in 538,000

Minta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Minta: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Araminta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Minta means

Minta is a short form of Araminta.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Minta is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪn.tə/ for Minta.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Araminta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,283 girls were recorded with the name Minta between 1880 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 28 in 1921; its best national rank was #323 in 1880.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Minta?

Minta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 538,000; 7 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 258,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 373,185 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Minta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 373,185 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Minta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mintas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Minta was born before 1922 — so the typical Minta is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 13.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 11.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 305; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 13.9% of all recorded uses (178).

Is Minta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (28)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #323; 1880

Spellings of Minta

Minta is not the most common spelling — Linda is, with 45.4% against Minta's 0.04%.

Linda45.4%1,455,143
Mia9.7%310,219
Tina9.1%292,146
Rita8.9%284,452
Gina4.8%153,057
Nina4.2%133,788
Misty2.6%84,654
Mila2.6%84,489

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Minta is used

Across 1910–2025, Minta was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 475,277 across all states with data. It was least common in West Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Kentucky1 in 100,000
2Texas1 in —
3West Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Minta has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Minta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #323; 1880
Peak year: 1921; 28 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 1,283
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Minta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Minha Minna Minka Fanta Minda Minah Binta Minsa Minh Mindel Santa Mindi Minahil Miniya Monta Mindie Mindee Mintie Minji Minal Samanta Minette Atlanta Mina

Sibling names for Minta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Adell Idella Dortha Linnie

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Patsy Odis

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