Minato

#7,053 in 2025Boys' name

Harbour

Minato has been given to 128 babies in the U.S. since 2013. In 2025 it ranked #7,053 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Minato, 2025

1 in 276,000

Minato over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Minato: meaning, origin, and history

Harbour

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Minato means

Minato means “harbour”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 128 boys were recorded with the name Minato between 2013 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2016; its best national rank was #5,253 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,340 in 2020 to #7,053 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,859 in 2015 to #7,053 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Minato?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 276,000; 12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 142,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,053; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 191,493 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Minato sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Minato. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Minatos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Minato was born before 2019 — so the typical Minato is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 52.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 128; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 52.3% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Minato rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,073; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +287; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +806; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.20×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 2016 (18)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,253; 2016

Spellings of Minato

Minato is not the most common spelling — Renato is, with 45.6% against Minato's 1.8%.

Renato45.6%3,292
Donato43.3%3,126
Mina9.3%672
Minato1.8%128

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Minato around the world

Where Minato ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2013–2025
#4,114
in 2025
Canada
2017–2017
#2,944
in 2017

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Minato by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,053
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 287
Best rank ever: #5,253; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 18 that year
First recorded: 2013
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 128
Count in 2025: 12

Names similar to Minato

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Minato

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Kale Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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