Ming**
#7,354 most common boys' name of all time · #18,499 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1920–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,354
Rank overall
#18,499 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
491
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1981 #3,111
Best rank
#3,111 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Ming first appears in 1920. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,106 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,032 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,669 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,966 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,862 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,303 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,809 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,471 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,437 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,726 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #8,294 |
| 2006 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,733 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #6,719 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,646 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #7,340 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,770 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,671 |
| 2000 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #6,944 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,151 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,966 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,474 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,146 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,521 |
| 1994 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,948 |
| 1993 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #6,966 |
| 1992 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,332 |
| 1991 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,673 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #4,243 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,175 |
| 1988 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #5,355 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,104 |
| 1985 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,798 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,149 |
| 1983 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,498 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,073 |
| 1981 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #3,111 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,110 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,189 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,855 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #4,087 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,840 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,029 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,161 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,436 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,944 |