Girls' name · since 2002
Minako
13 babies named Minako in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minako is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 2002.
Minako has 13 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2017.
- #51,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minako ranks #51,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #51,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minako's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Minako's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minako splits its recorded history at 2017: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minako popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2017
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Minako by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Minako's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Minako births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 2000s
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Minako's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Minako: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~15 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Minako draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.