Midas — #3963 US boys' name
269 babies named Midas in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Midas was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Midas in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Midas
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Midas between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Midas currently holds the #3963 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Midas performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Midas shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Midas in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Midas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Midas at a glance
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Current rank
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Midas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2023)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #3963 among boys.
269 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 45 births in a single year.
Midas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 167 births that decade — 62% of Midas's all-time total
Midas decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Midas's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Midas by state
Where Midas concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.9% |
19 of 269 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.