Ming
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1981
14 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
491
since 1920
Born a Ming? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ming was most popular in 1981, when 14 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Ming in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 8 | 8987 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 7 | 9554 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 6 | 10775 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 8 | 8744 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 5 | 12287 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 5 | 12491 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 11630 | 9 | 8173 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12420 | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11834 | 11 | 6634 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 9 | 7536 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12056 | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8027 | 9 | 6839 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 8 | 6843 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9265 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | 6 | 7770 |
| 1993 | 9 | 8719 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | 5 | 12958 | 13 | 4167 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 8 | 4968 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 12 | 3411 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 10 | 3966 |
| 1981 | 9 | 6804 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 7 | 4940 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 5 | 5587 |
| 1975 | 6 | 7984 | 8 | 3941 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 6 | 3537 |
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| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 5 | 4286 |
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Recorded as girls 29% · boys 71% across all years