How Many People Are Named Ming?
people named Ming are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 730,309 people in the US has this name
Based on 491 babies named Ming in Social Security records from 1920 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
23 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave", as well as other 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 Ming, 29.6% were girls and 70.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ming rose from 23.8% in the 1990s to 45.3% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ming alive today is about 30 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ming first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1981, to 23 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Ming has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,159, in 1981. Among girls, its best rank was #7,162, in 1981.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,159 (1981) | #7,162 (1981) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,338 in the 1990s | #13,439 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ming alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ming were born in New York than in any other state: about 32 of those alive today.
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