Mina
2025 SSA
About Mina
Most famous as a Dracula victim (where Mina is short for Wilhelmina), Mina is a name that can stand on its own or be a diminutive of any name ending in -mina, most usually Wilhelmina.
This Old World German nickname name was popular in the US in the 19th century, then dropped from sight after World War II along with many other German names. That's turned around in the last 20 years, and Mina is now heading up the charts again.
Mina is also a nickname name that has its own nickname, Minka, used in many European countries and occasionally in the US, though usually identified as Polish.
Mina Loy was a modernist artist and writer who associated with the likes of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein.
Pronounced MEE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Mina ranked #597 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #175 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #243.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #689 | 412 | 230.6 |
| 2015 | #765 | 370 | 207.3 |
| 2016 | #744 | 384 | 216.7 |
| 2017 | #703 | 411 | 238.1 |
| 2018 | #625 | 480 | 282.2 |
| 2019 | #683 | 426 | 253.8 |
| 2020 | #661 | 435 | 269.1 |
| 2021 | #591 | 507 | 309 |
| 2022 | #613 | 488 | 297.5 |
| 2023 | #586 | 512 | 319.1 |
| 2024 | #608 | 493 | 304.3 |
| 2025 | #597 | 491 | 305.5 |
World rankings
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Mina on lists
Famous Minas
- Myoui Mina
American,born Japanese singer of South Korean girl group Twice
- Mina
Jacqueline Au, American socialite and reality TV personality ("Pregnant in Heels")
- Mina (born Anna Maria Quaini
) Italian pop singer
- Mina Kostic
Serbian pop singer
- Mina Gertrude Loy
English artist, poet, playwright, novelist
- Mina Papatheodorou
Valyraki, Greek painter
- Wilhelmina "Mina" Karadzic
Austrian,born Serbian painter & writer
- Mina Tobias Amick
Alexis, daughter of actress Madchen Amick
- Mina Cvetkovic
Serbian model
- Mina Shum
Canadian film director
- Kwon Mina
member of K,Pop girl group AOA
- Mina Bree Sabato
daughter of Italian,American actor/model Antonio Sabàto Jr.
Mina in pop culture
- Mina Carolina
character from anime/manga "Shingeki no Kyoujin" or "Attack on Titan"
- Mina Harker
character in Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Mina Tepes
character in manga "Dance in the Vampire Bund"
- Mina Tsukishiro
character in anime "Getsumento Heiki Mina"
- Mina Mongoose
character in video game Sonic the Hedgehog
- Mina Majikina
character in video game "Samurai Shodown"
- Mina Aino aka Sailor Venus
character in anime "Sailor Moon"
- Mina
character in an episode of TV's "Psych"
- Mina
character in the anime/manga Kuroshitsuji / Black Butler
- Mina Murray
character on TV's "Penny Dreadful"
- Mina (Seong Mi
na), character in the "Soul Calibur" video game series
- Mina McKee
character in David Almond's "Skellig"
- Mina
Fairy,type Trial Captain of Poni Island in Pokemon Sun and Moon
- Mina Tang
character in video game "Alpha Protocol"
- Mina Ashido
character from the anime/manga "Boku no Hero Academia" or "My Hero Academia."