The first name Min

Min last appeared in the official list in 2015, given to 3 boys. It peaked in 2008, with 7 births (#2,507).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Min with other names.

In 2023, 5 girls born in the United States were named Min, the 16,824th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1994, when 20 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Min Jin Lee
  American writer, born 1968
• Zhang Min
  Chinese rower (born 1993)
• Li Min
  Daughter of Mao Zedong, born 1936
• Yu Min
  Chinese nuclear physicist, 1926–2019
• Zhu Min
  Chinese economist, born 1952
• Zheng Min
  Chinese scholar, poet (1920-2022)
• Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
  Final emperor of the Tang dynasty of China (r. 888-904)

What does the name Min mean?

From Mandarin 敏 (Mǐn).

How popular is the name Min?

In 2015, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Min, ranking 4,747th. Its peak was 2008, with 7 births.

Is Min a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 638 US babies named Min since 1880, 38% were girls and 62% boys.

When was Min most popular?

1994 in the United States, when 20 babies were named Min, its highest rank at 3,422nd.

Is Min also a surname?

Yes. Min is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.