Minh
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to boys 87.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 80 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,116since 1975
Minh over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #2,884 | 43 |
| 2024 | — | #3,104 | 39 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,474 | 33 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,570 | 22 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,496 | 32 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #3,301 | 34 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #3,193 | 36 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #2,622 | 46 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #4,180 | 23 |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,904 | 40 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #3,223 | 35 |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,932 | 38 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #2,180 | 50 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | — | #2,386 | 41 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,922 | 30 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,608 | 33 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,706 | 57 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #1,872 | 48 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #2,055 | 40 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #1,516 | 62 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,554 | 58 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #1,371 | 68 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,867 | 42 |
| 1990 | — | #1,635 | 50 | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #1,678 | 46 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #1,355 | 58 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #1,476 | 46 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #1,242 | 59 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #1,214 | 57 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #1,059 | 70 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #1,013 | 80 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Minh! It came in at #4,797, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Minh is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#485 · 1 in 4,723
- California#581 · 1 in 7,878
- Texas#776 · 1 in 12,014
Best ever in a state: #485 in Louisiana, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #485 | 8 | 1 in 4,723 |
| California | #581 | 26 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Texas | #776 | 12 | 1 in 12,014 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Minh
- 220 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #2,884)
- 850 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #2,884)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,884)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1982 at #1,013 (80 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,681 boys born in 1982 were named Minh (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 39,723 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Minh (583) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 98 | #1,633 (1979) | #2,710 |
| 1980s | 583 | #1,013 (1982) | #1,291 |
| 1990s | 486 | #1,371 (1992) | #1,904 |
| 2000s | 402 | #2,180 (2003) | #2,696 |
| 2010s | 362 | #2,622 (2014) | #3,205 |
| 2020s | 185 | #2,884 (2025) | #3,758 |
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.
Minh in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 76,969 of them was named Minh, which outranked 70.4% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,530Tyiesha23
- #3,530Vania23
- #3,530Venice23
- #3,647Minh22
- #3,647Aarti22
- #3,647Aleigha22
- #3,647Aline22
- #3,780Abagail21
- #3,780Aishah21
- #3,780Alise21
Tied with 132 names at #3,647; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 22,681 of them was named Minh, which outranked 86.2% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,006Jameel81
- #1,006Jefferey81
- #1,006Nehemiah81
- #1,013Minh80
- #1,013Benjamen80
- #1,013Chuck80
- #1,013Darian80
- #1,019Bobbie79
- #1,019Leigh79
- #1,019Nicky79
Tied with 5 names at #1,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.