Midori
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Midori is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Midori mean?
Japanese
A unisex given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Midori a girl's or a boy's name?
Midori is a girls' name.
How popular is Midori in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Midori in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Midori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,598 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
Names like Midori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Naomi Madison Emily Mariah Leilani Mariam Madelyn Mackenzie Sophia Madeleine Noemi Isabelle
More Japanese names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Midori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/midori, updated 20 October 2026.