Girls' name · since 1989
Minami
232 babies named Minami in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 232
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minami sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 232 recorded since 1989.
Minami has 232 recorded births among girls since 1989, 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 1989 to 2024.
- #18,327 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 232 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minami ranks #18,327 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 232 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,327 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 232
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minami's 232 recorded births place it above 74.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Minami's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Minami's full recorded timeline at 2006, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Minami popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (1997)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Minami by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Minami's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Minami births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (36% of all-time use).
Minami by state
Where Minami concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 6.9% |
16 of 232 births nationwide.
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- Minami's decade-level peak was the 2000s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Minamis (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Minami: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1989–2024 (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 Minami 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.