Girls' name · since 1992
Minji
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 58 babies named Minji, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minji currently ranks #12370 among girls' names in America, with 58 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minji has been recorded 58 times among girls since 1992, currently ranked #12370 nationally and more common than 28% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #33,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,370 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 58 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Minji ranks #33,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,370 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 58 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Minji's 58 recorded births place it above 53.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Minji compares
58 17th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Minji's all-time total is 85% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Minji | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 58 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Minji's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Minji splits its recorded history at 2008: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Minji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Minji by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Minji's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Minji births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Minji's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 2020s (13) -- 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 Minji: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Minji 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.