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How popular is the name Minh?

Births per year, rank history and how many Minhs are alive today.

Minh (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1705th in 2025 and given to 15 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Minh is one spelling of a name also recorded as Min; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Minh you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 18: the name has two living generations. Half of all Minhs born in England and Wales are between 7 and 22, and there are at least 190 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Minh - on average, only one in every 1,595 such rooms contains a Minh.

How many babies are named Minh each year?

Includes all spellings: Minh, Min. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

051015200020201996: 31998: 31999: 62002: 32003: 62005: 122006: 72007: 52008: 102009: 102011: 32012: 32014: 122015: 82016: 62017: 72018: 52019: 62020: 82021: 72022: 32023: 42024: 82025: 15actual

Where does the Minh spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631998: ranked 2,9011999: ranked 2,9432003: ranked 3,4672005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 3,3852007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 3,2272011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 4,8052014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 3,3732016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 4,7902023: ranked 4,1082024: ranked 2,6722025: ranked 1,705

Where does the Min spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001999: ranked 2,9432002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 3,4672005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 4,0522008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 3,2272014: ranked 4,6322015: ranked 4,747

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Minh per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 15 in 2025
Minh: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Minh most popular?

Minh peaked in 2025, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Minh?

At least 190 people named Minh in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Minh?

Most living Minhs are between 7 and 22; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 18.

Is Minh becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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