Minami
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Minami is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Minami mean?
Japanese
A unisex given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Minami a girl's or a boy's name?
Minami is a girls' name.
How popular is Minami in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Minami in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Minami in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
Names like Minami
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Miyori, Yumi, Mayumi, Kiyomi, Yuri, Sayuri, Dakota, Saori, Kyomi, Kaori, Suki, Yuna
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora
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, “Minami: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/minami, updated 20 October 2026.