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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Minor

Minor was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1920 (42). More babies were named Minor in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192042 babies
Total since 1880
1,740babies recorded

Minor popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 12 since 1923.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010#13,6125
2000#8,8217
1990——
1980——
1970#2,83012
1960#4,4185
1950#2,16913
1940#1,55520
1930#1,52024
1920#1,10442
1910#1,02111
1900#1,0208
1890#52614
1880#37821

How popular is Minor, counting every spelling?

Minor has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Minor?

About 400 people born in the US named Minor are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 43 and 76. That makes Minor a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Minor by state

How common Minor was among boys born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesVA0.10Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesLA0.05Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Minor, boys, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Minor: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Minor, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Minor

How popular is the name Minor?

Minor was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 378th; the most babies were born in 1920 (42). More babies were named Minor in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Minor a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 12 girls and 1,728 boys.

Where was Minor most popular?

In 1918–1922, Minor was most common in Virginia (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Kentucky.