Minoru

Boy · recorded 1912–1939

  • 1939last recorded
  • 1917best year

Most popular in 1917.

Last recorded in 1939. 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 Minoru.

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 1912

0234619121919192619321939

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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 27 recorded years as a table
Minoru, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191216
191327
191420
191535
191629
191746
191836
191938
192046
192145
192239
192336
192432
192534
192645
192720
192818
192921
193018
193117
19329
19337
193411
19358
193610
19385
193910

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Minoru 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 1939
11
Rank in 1939
#2,159
How rare
1 in 100,622 boys
Since 1912
675

Minoru was last recorded in 1939. 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 1917, at 46 per million boys born.

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

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