Miner

Boy · recorded 1880–1955

  • 1955last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Miner.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

0356918801899191819361955

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Miner, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
188367
188452
188546
188749
189169
189257
190439
191122
191216
191314
191418
19156
19168
191715
191810
191913
19205
192110
19228
19238
192410
192510
19267
192710
19285
19297
19316
19346
19355
19365
19375
19405
19424
19493
19513
19533
19552

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Miner isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1955
5
Rank in 1955
#3,886
How rare
1 in 411,977 boys
Since 1880
274

Miner was last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1891, at 69 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Miner doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.