Ming

Where Ming comes from

From Mandarin 明 (Míng).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ming
  • 1 syllable
Ming through the years
  1. 1920
    First appearance
    #4,286 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Peak, #3,030
    14 babies named Ming, the most in any year.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,973.
  4. 2011
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male or female given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Ming hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.