Minoru — boys' name

What the Data Says About Minoru

The Social Security Administration has registered 675 babies named Minoru between 1912 and 1939, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Minoru currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Minoru performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 370 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Minoru shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 292 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Minoru in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Minoru 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 675 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.