Minor is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Minor is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Minor was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (42 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,400 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,673 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,700 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,612 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,685 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,819 |
| 2005 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,091 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,444 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,081 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | — | #8,821 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | — | #8,642 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | — | #8,522 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,495 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | — | #6,327 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | #7,748 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | — | #6,991 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | — | #5,979 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #7,025 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | — | #4,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | — | #4,451 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | — | #5,381 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | — | #3,490 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,616 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | — | #4,785 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | — | #3,567 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,830 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,245 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,913 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,439 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | — | #2,718 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | — | #2,085 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | — | #2,991 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | — | #2,790 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | — | #2,495 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,418 |
| 1959 | 10 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | — | #3,803 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | — | #2,450 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | — | #1,753 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | — | #2,109 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | — | #2,183 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,659 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,462 |
| 1951 | 21 | — | — | #1,668 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | — | #2,169 |
| 1949 | 25 | — | — | #1,492 |
| 1948 | 18 | — | — | #1,796 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | — | #2,464 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | — | #1,929 |
| 1945 | 21 | — | — | #1,481 |
| 1944 | 25 | — | — | #1,354 |
| 1943 | 21 | — | — | #1,561 |
| 1942 | 30 | — | — | #1,290 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | — | #1,733 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | — | #1,872 |
| 1937 | 15 | — | — | #1,890 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | — | #1,446 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1933 | 23 | — | — | #1,440 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | — | #1,453 |
| 1931 | 22 | — | — | #1,522 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1929 | 25 | — | — | #1,470 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | — | #1,944 |
| 1927 | 35 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1926 | 24 | — | — | #1,548 |
| 1925 | 42 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1924 | 39 | — | #4,864 | #1,281 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | #4,792 | #1,151 |
| 1922 | 39 | — | — | #1,152 |
| 1921 | 37 | — | — | #1,192 |
| 1920 | 42 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | — | #1,222 |
| 1918 | 41 | — | — | #1,073 |
| 1917 | 41 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1916 | 34 | — | — | #1,132 |
| 1915 | 30 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1914 | 31 | — | — | #1,011 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | — | #1,300 |
| 1912 | 24 | — | — | #930 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,099 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | — | #1,021 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | — | #999 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,534 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #689 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #898 |
| 1905 | 9 | — | — | #895 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | — | #892 |
| 1902 | 9 | — | — | #842 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | — | #1,023 |
| 1900 | 8 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1897 | 10 | — | — | #709 |
| 1896 | 11 | — | — | #708 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #946 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | — | #618 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | — | #474 |
| 1892 | 17 | — | — | #492 |
| 1891 | 8 | — | — | #749 |
| 1890 | 14 | — | — | #526 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | — | #947 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | — | #597 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | — | #475 |
| 1886 | 18 | — | — | #425 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #680 |
| 1884 | 16 | — | — | #481 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #624 |
| 1882 | 9 | — | — | #682 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | — | #475 |
| 1880 | 21 | — | — | #378 |