NameTides

Minh

Minh was the #2,884 boys' name in the US in 2025 (43 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Minh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Minh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Minh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,884 (43)#1,705 (15)#1,804 (11)
2024#3,104 (39)#2,672 (8)#2,439 (7)
2023#3,474 (33)#4,108 (4)—
2022#4,570 (22)#4,790 (3)#2,493 (6)
2021#4,780 (20)#2,730 (7)#1,761 (10)
2020#3,734 (28)#2,404 (8)#1,708 (10)
2019#3,496 (32)#3,013 (6)#1,530 (12)
2018#3,301 (34)#3,412 (5)—
2017#3,193 (36)#2,734 (7)#2,010 (8)
2016#3,681 (29)#3,079 (6)#1,198 (17)
2015#2,966 (39)#3,373 (5)#1,384 (13)
2014#2,622 (46)#2,248 (9)#1,565 (11)
2013#4,180 (23)—#1,926 (8)
2012#2,632 (46)#4,805 (3)#928 (23)
2011#2,904 (40)#4,647 (3)#1,467 (12)

Minh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Minh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Minh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#11,932 (7)#4,201 (5)#2,730 (7)
2024—#4,193 (5)#3,383 (5)
2021——#2,616 (7)
2020——#2,591 (7)
2019——#2,872 (6)
2018#13,793 (6)——
2017#12,713 (7)——
2016#14,331 (6)#5,785 (3)#2,892 (6)
2015#14,482 (6)—#3,286 (5)
2014#11,931 (8)#5,691 (3)—
2013#14,582 (6)—#2,888 (6)
2012——#2,921 (6)
2011——#3,310 (5)
2010#14,959 (6)#5,707 (3)—
2009#13,704 (7)#3,936 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1982 at #1,013.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 14% of US babies named Minh were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 40,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 40,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Minh is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 30,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 35,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Minh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Minh (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MinhCanadaGirls#2,7307
MinhCanadaBoys#1,80411
MinhEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MinhEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
MinhNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MinhUSGirls#11,9327
MinhUSBoys#2,88443