Ming is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1981 and has since faded.
Ming is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Ming first appears in 1920 and peaked in 1981 (14 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,575 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,831 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,243 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,724 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,283 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,395 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | #15,930 | #10,364 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,575 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,672 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | #14,490 | #13,610 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,826 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,900 | — |
| 2007 | 18 | 18 | #12,343 | #8,684 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | #13,216 | #10,292 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | #12,641 | #6,955 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | — | #7,969 |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #15,158 | #7,641 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #17,257 | #8,202 |
| 2001 | 15 | 15 | #13,006 | #8,062 |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | #8,383 | #7,214 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,353 |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | — | #7,313 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | — | #10,278 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,641 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,782 |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #12,867 | #8,448 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | #9,250 | #7,353 |
| 1992 | 15 | — | #14,734 | #5,522 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | — | #7,026 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | #14,444 | #4,332 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | — | #7,605 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #9,980 | #5,552 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | — | #5,287 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #11,829 | #7,237 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | — | #5,373 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | — | #3,552 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | — | #4,132 |
| 1981 | 23 | — | #7,164 | #3,161 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | — | #5,315 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,282 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #10,819 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,180 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | #8,666 | #4,179 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | — | #5,040 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,130 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,161 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,206 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,256 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | — | #4,542 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,800 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | — | #4,750 |