Minor Popularity by Year
Follow Minor across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Minor birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Down 1,369 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 6 | #10,717 | Up 11 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 6 | #10,728 | Up 1,503 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 5 | #12,231 | Up 322 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 4,380 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 9 | #8,173 | Down 746 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 10 | #7,427 | Up 213 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 9 | #7,640 | Up 1,941 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 6 | #9,581 | Down 1,125 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 7 | #8,456 | Down 247 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 238 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Down 179 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 1,664 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 8 | #6,128 | Down 186 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 8 | #5,942 | Up 1,009 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 636 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 5 | #6,315 | Down 831 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 6 | #5,484 | Up 901 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 5 | #6,385 | Down 2,528 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 9 | #3,857 | Up 307 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 8 | #4,164 | Up 771 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 1,617 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 10 | #3,318 | Up 1,783 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 660 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 1,071 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Down 631 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 12 | #2,739 | Up 323 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 9 | #3,062 | Down 302 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 9 | #2,760 | Up 489 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 7 | #3,249 | Down 632 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 10 | #2,617 | Down 577 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 16 | #2,040 | Up 818 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 9 | #2,858 | Down 185 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 10 | #2,673 | Down 264 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 12 | #2,409 | Up 1,629 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 1,375 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 10 | #2,663 | Up 896 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Down 1,184 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 12 | #2,375 | Down 653 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 21 | #1,722 | Up 326 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 15 | #2,048 | Up 66 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 14 | #2,114 | Up 417 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Down 155 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 11 | #2,376 | Down 733 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 21 | #1,643 | Up 468 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 13 | #2,111 | Down 649 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 25 | #1,462 | Up 296 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 18 | #1,758 | Up 598 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 11 | #2,356 | Down 472 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 15 | #1,884 | Down 439 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 21 | #1,445 | Down 117 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 25 | #1,328 | Up 201 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 21 | #1,529 | Down 261 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 30 | #1,268 | Up 417 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 17 | #1,685 | Down 166 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 20 | #1,519 | Up 13 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 19 | #1,532 | Up 286 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 15 | #1,818 | Up 10 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 15 | #1,828 | Down 411 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 22 | #1,417 | Up 36 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 22 | #1,453 | Up 98 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 20 | #1,551 | Down 146 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 23 | #1,405 | Up 21 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 24 | #1,426 | Up 63 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 22 | #1,489 | Up 7 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 24 | #1,496 | Down 53 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 25 | #1,443 | Up 459 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 17 | #1,902 | Down 675 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 35 | #1,227 | Up 288 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 24 | #1,515 | Down 442 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 42 | #1,073 | Up 190 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 33 | #1,263 | Down 123 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 6 | #4,434 | Down 58 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 39 | #1,140 | No rank change |
| 1923 | Girls | 6 | #4,376 | — |
| 1922 | Boys | 39 | #1,140 | Up 38 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 37 | #1,178 | Down 89 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 42 | #1,089 | Up 118 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 34 | #1,207 | Down 145 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 41 | #1,062 | Down 45 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 41 | #1,017 | Up 103 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 34 | #1,120 | Up 61 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 30 | #1,181 | Down 178 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 31 | #1,003 | Up 253 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 17 | #1,256 | Down 338 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 24 | #918 | Up 120 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 11 | #1,038 | Down 57 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 11 | #981 | Down 30 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 10 | #951 | Up 422 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 709 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 15 | #664 | Up 188 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 9 | #852 | Down 16 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 9 | #836 | Up 10 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 8 | #846 | Down 52 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 9 | #794 | Up 149 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Up 25 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 8 | #968 | Down 287 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 10 | #681 | Down 7 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 11 | #674 | Up 198 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 7 | #872 | Down 278 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 12 | #594 | Down 135 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 16 | #459 | Up 21 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 17 | #480 | Up 220 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 8 | #700 | Down 189 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 14 | #511 | Up 367 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Down 298 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 12 | #580 | Down 119 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 14 | #461 | Down 44 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 18 | #417 | Up 224 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 9 | #641 | Down 173 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 16 | #468 | Up 129 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 10 | #597 | Up 55 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 9 | #652 | Down 192 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 14 | #460 | Down 87 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 21 | #373 | — |