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Minato

100% boys · 12 born in 2025

Minato has been given to about 128 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2016, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 127
Median age today7 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Minato per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2016 · 18
  • Born in 202512
  • All time128

How popular is Minato?

Its best year was 2016, when 18 babies were given the name, ranking 5257th. The typical living American called Minato is about 7 years old today.

Names that sound like Minato

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Vito0.57
  2. Santo0.57
  3. Benito0.53
  4. Milo0.52
  5. Margarito0.51
  6. Micah0.47
  7. Milton0.47
  8. Gilberto0.48

Middle names for Minato

Ranked by flow score
  1. Minato Paul0.85
  2. Minato Lee0.85
  3. Minato Dean0.84
  4. Minato Blake0.84
  5. Minato Bryce0.84
  6. Minato Wade0.84

Sibling names for Minato

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Kaisenbrother · 0.81
  2. Elowensister · 0.81
  3. Azaiahbrother · 0.80
  4. Jaxxonbrother · 0.80
  5. Emilianasister · 0.80
  6. Rowyneither · 0.80

Where Minato is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Minato White0.80
    2. Minato Reyes0.80
    3. Minato Nguyen0.80
    4. Minato Lee0.80
    5. Minato Hill0.80
    6. Minato Hall0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Minato

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.