Ming

Girl · recorded 1971–2013

  • 2013last recorded
  • 2000best year

Most popular in 2000.

Last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five girls 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 Ming.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Ming, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19713
19723
19754
19783
19815
19853
19884
19903
19923
19935
19943
20007
20014
20023
20033
20054
20064
20075
20084
20104
20133

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ming 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2013
6
Rank in 2013
#14,582
How rare
1 in 292,457 girls
Since 1971
142

Ming was last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2000, at 7 per million girls born.

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

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