Minoru
Last seen for boys in 1939 at #2,159
- Peak · boys
- 1926 · 50 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 675since 1912
Minoru over time
Rank among boys' names. Minoru has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,647 | 22 |
| 1926 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,204 | 36 |
| 1923 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1922 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #985 | 49 |
| 1919 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #997 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,335 | 26 |
| 1915 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,441 | 14 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Minoru! It came in at #2,045, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Minoru is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#27 · 1 in 99
- California#156 · 1 in 1,003
Best ever in a state: #27 in Hawaii, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #27 | 21 | 1 in 99 |
| California | #156 | 19 | 1 in 1,003 |
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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 Minoru
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1939
- Biggest jump: 338 spots in 1917 (#1,335 → #997)
- Biggest drop: 684 spots in 1927 (#963 → #1,647)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1926 at #963 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1920–1921
- Highest: 1 in 21,523 boys born in 1917 were named Minoru (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,623 boys born in 1939 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #963 in 1926, was only 1 in 22,210 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 54.8% of all boys named Minoru (370) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 206 | #997 (1917) | #1,383 |
| 1920s | 370 | #963 (1926) | #1,238 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,644 (1930) | #2,440 |
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.
Minoru in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
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925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 21,523 of them was named Minoru, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #982Normand44
- #982Verle44
- #982Williams44
- #997Minoru43
- #997Einar43
- #997Hurley43
- #997Ishmael43
- #1,003Alejandro42
- #1,003Arch42
- #1,003Cameron42
Tied with 5 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.