Ming
- Last seen for girls in 2013 at #14,582
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to boys 71.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 349since 1920
Ming over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #8,987 | 8 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Ming! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1965, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ming is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ming in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ming
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1981 at #3,030 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 3 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 127,941
- Highest: 1 in 127,941 boys born in 1981 were named Ming (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 22.9% of all boys named Ming (80) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,286 (1920) | #4,286 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,869 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,941 (1975) | #4,591 |
| 1980s | 77 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,884 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,704 |
| 2000s | 75 | #6,634 (2005) | #8,187 |
| 2010s | 41 | #8,744 (2015) | #11,153 |
| 2020s | 21 | #8,987 (2024) | #9,801 |
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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