Mingo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mingo

The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Mingo between 1915 and 2008, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mingo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mingo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mingo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mingo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mingo 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 265 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.