How Many People Are Named Min?
people named Min are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 553,946 people in the US has this name
Based on 638 babies named Min in Social Security records from 1953 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens", or other Chinese/Sino-Korean characters which are pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Min, 38.3% were girls and 61.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Min fell from 43.1% in the 1980s to 25.4% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Min alive today is about 31 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Min first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 1993, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Min has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,785, in 1982. Among girls, its best rank was #5,597, in 1993.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,785 (1982) | #5,597 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,434 in the 1990s | #8,674 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Min alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Min were born in California than in any other state: about 25 of those alive today.
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