Midas

Peak · boys
2023 · 45 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
291
since 2011

Midas over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Midas has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank200020102020peak #2,805, 2023boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#4,53922
2024#3,89628
2023#2,80545
2022#3,15138
2021#3,74029
2020#3,81127
2019#6,40613
2018#6,03614
2017#5,52616
2016#5,55516
2015#5,74615
2014#7,04811
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First appearance
2011

The first year at least five boys were named Midas! It came in at #12,287, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2013, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Midas is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Midas in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Midas
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 728 spots since 2020 (#3,811 → #4,539)
  • 1,207 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #4,539)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2011
  • Peaked 2023 at #2,805 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 38,013
  • Highest: 1 in 38,013 boys born in 2023 were named Midas (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 64.9% of all boys named Midas (189) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2010s102#5,526 (2017)#6,904
2020s189#2,805 (2023)#3,657

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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