Minor — boys' name

What the Data Says About Minor

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,728 babies named Minor between 1880 and 2015, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Minor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minor performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Minor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Minor in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minor 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 1,728 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.