Minor
#3,407 most common boys' name of all time · #8,304 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2015
Rank among boys
#3,407
Rank overall
#8,304 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
1,740
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,140
Best rank
#378 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Minor is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,100 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,735 |
| 2013 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,734 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,250 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,580 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,183 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,438 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,655 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,597 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,471 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,219 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,985 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,811 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,143 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,952 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,977 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,337 |
| 1983 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,508 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,409 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,866 |
| 1977 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,179 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,954 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,330 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,125 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,456 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,387 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,745 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,069 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,258 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,627 |
| 1964 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,868 |
| 1962 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1961 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,420 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,055 |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,670 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,583 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,379 |
| 1956 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,726 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,054 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,123 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,387 |
| 1951 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1950 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,115 |
| 1949 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,464 |
| 1948 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,764 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,363 |
| 1946 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,890 |
| 1945 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,448 |
| 1944 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 1943 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,532 |
| 1942 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,269 |
| 1941 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,692 |
| 1940 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,523 |
| 1939 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,534 |
| 1938 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,825 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,835 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,420 |
| 1935 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,457 |
| 1934 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1933 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1932 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,429 |
| 1931 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,498 |
| 1930 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,499 |
| 1929 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,909 |
| 1927 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,229 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,521 |
| 1925 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 6 | 33 | 39 | #1,266 |
| 1923 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #1,140 |
| 1922 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1921 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1920 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,090 |
| 1919 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,209 |
| 1918 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,062 |
| 1917 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1916 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,121 |
| 1915 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,184 |
| 1914 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 1912 | — | 24 | 24 | #921 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,053 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #989 |
| 1909 | — | 10 | 10 | #960 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,398 |
| 1907 | — | 15 | 15 | #673 |
| 1906 | — | 9 | 9 | #863 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #851 |
| 1903 | — | 8 | 8 | #856 |
| 1902 | — | 9 | 9 | #805 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #957 |
| 1900 | — | 8 | 8 | #982 |
| 1897 | — | 10 | 10 | #688 |
| 1896 | — | 11 | 11 | #686 |
| 1895 | — | 7 | 7 | #886 |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | #600 |
| 1893 | — | 16 | 16 | #465 |
| 1892 | — | 17 | 17 | #483 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #714 |
| 1890 | — | 14 | 14 | #513 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #889 |
| 1888 | — | 12 | 12 | #586 |
| 1887 | — | 14 | 14 | #464 |
| 1886 | — | 18 | 18 | #422 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #645 |
| 1884 | — | 16 | 16 | #474 |
| 1883 | — | 10 | 10 | #601 |
| 1882 | — | 9 | 9 | #655 |
| 1881 | — | 14 | 14 | #467 |
| 1880 | — | 21 | 21 | #378 |