Min**
#6,310 most common boys' name of all time · #15,751 across all names · 62% male / 38% female · used 1953–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,310
Rank overall
#15,751 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
638
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1993 #4,529
Best rank
#2,775 1982
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Min first appears in 1953. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,845 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,988 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,480 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,827 |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,058 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,154 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,863 |
| 2007 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,327 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,132 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #6,744 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,224 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,819 |
| 2002 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #6,200 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,071 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #4,228 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,241 |
| 1997 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #5,393 |
| 1996 | 8 | 14 | 22 | #4,456 |
| 1995 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,751 |
| 1994 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #3,382 |
| 1993 | 17 | 13 | 30 | #4,529 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #8,773 |
| 1991 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #3,894 |
| 1990 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #4,275 |
| 1989 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #4,135 |
| 1988 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #4,916 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,743 |
| 1986 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #3,064 |
| 1985 | 10 | 11 | 21 | #3,924 |
| 1984 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #4,053 |
| 1983 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #3,157 |
| 1982 | 8 | 17 | 25 | #2,775 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #4,712 |
| 1979 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,466 |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,254 |
| 1972 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #5,371 |
| 1971 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,696 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | — |