Mignon
Mignon is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 727th, in 1885.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197955 births
- Best rank
- #727in 1885
- Since 1880
- 2,239people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,239 girls have been named Mignon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 55 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 55 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1949, and the 1960s alone account for 14%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Mignon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | |
| 1890s | 83 | |
| 1900s | 97 | |
| 1910s | 255 | |
| 1920s | 281 | |
| 1930s | 203 | |
| 1940s | 177 | |
| 1950s | 189 | |
| 1960s | 316 | |
| 1970s | 286 | |
| 1980s | 219 | |
| 1990s | 66 | |
| 2000s | 34 | |
| 2010s | 6 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Mignon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Mignon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arlenapeak 1919
- Celestapeak 1921
- Alethapeak 1923
- Josefapeak 1925
- Ammiepeak 1973
- Fredericapeak 1960
- Irmapeak 1920
- Rowenapeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.