Girl
Minerva
Minerva is a girl's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that has cooled since its 1950s peak, but is still chosen today.
LatinLatin, Roman goddess of wisdom
EtymologyPossibly from "mens" – "mind, intellect"
Births by decade
1900s
828
1910s
1,591
1920s
1,738
1930s
1,247
1940s
1,337
1950s
1,873
1960s
1,586
1970s
1,070
1980s
837
1990s
668
2000s
554
2010s
391
Peaked in the 1950s · 13,720 total U.S. births since 1900