Minami — #13989 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Minami

The Social Security Administration has registered 232 babies named Minami between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minami currently holds the #13989 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minami performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Minami shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Minami in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minami 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 232 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.