Minh
Minh is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198280 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 2,357people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,071 boys have been named Minh in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 80 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1980s alone account for 28%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 286 girls have also been given it, 12% of the total.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Minh was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Minh
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nampeak 1984
- Baopeak 1986
- Vinhpeak 1983
- Tienpeak 1992
- Tjpeak 1988
- Lamarcuspeak 1989
- Kawikapeak 1992
- Jovanpeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.