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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ming” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ming” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ming” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ming” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ming” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ming” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ming” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ming” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1920 5 0.00000221 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 14 0.000004637 6 8 -14%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 23 0.000006649 9 14 -22%
1982 10 0.000002851 10 -100%
1983 12 0.000003465 12 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1985 10 0.000002802 5 5 0%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 7 8 -7%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 5 13 -44%
1991 7 0.000001797 7 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 5 10 -33%
1993 16 0.000004244 9 7 13%
1994 12 0.000003228 6 6 0%
1995 8 0.000002185 8 -100%
1996 6 0.000001645 6 -100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 21 0.000005556 12 9 14%
2001 15 0.000004007 7 8 -7%
2002 13 0.000003478 5 8 -23%
2003 15 0.000003945 6 9 -20%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 -100%
2005 19 0.000004942 8 11 -16%
2006 15 0.000003792 8 7 7%
2007 18 0.000004503 9 9 0%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2010 12 0.000003247 7 5 17%
2011 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 13 0.000003566 6 7 -8%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 -100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2022 6 0.000001774 6 -100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 -100%

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