How rare is the name Min?

11,776 people in the United States have the first name Min, about 1 in 25,648. It ranks #2,222 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIN

#2,222

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,776
About
1 in 25,648
This common or more
79%
Who bears it

Of the 11,776 people named Min, 96.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. 62.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Min peaked in 1993, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532023
Peak year
1993
Births that year
30
In 2023
5 ▼83%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 638 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Min by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,611. The largest share of babies named Min, 56%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#14,8235
1970s#12,53845
1980s#6,611188
1990s#7,327230
2000s#14,616118
2010s#24,98847
2020s#39,3255
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9656%
Generation Z 1997–1229%
2013 and later7.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Min

#2,220 Sheree · 11,791#2,221 Kailyn · 11,777#2,223 Berta · 11,771#2,224 Messiah · 11,767

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Min, most common first.

#1,608 Mina · 19,867#1,718 Minh · 17,886#10,379 Mini · 1,291#13,197 Mian · 921#19,978 Mine · 522#22,241 Minu · 449#24,147 Mien · 401#31,941 Mim · 266

Also a last name

As a last name, Min ranks #4,438 of 156,621, with 7,751 people. See Min as a last name

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