Minji — #14050 US girls' name
51 babies named Minji in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Minji was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Minji in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Minji
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Minji between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Minji currently holds the #14050 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Minji performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Minji shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Minji 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 51 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.
Minji at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Minji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #14050 among girls.
51 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 8 births in a single year.
Minji by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 43% of Minji's all-time total
Minji decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Minji's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.