Minoru
Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Minoru Arakawa , Japanese former president of Nintendo of America Minoru Araki , Japanese painter and industrial designer Minoru Asada, Japanese engineer Minoru Betsuyaku , Japanese postwar playwrights, novelists, and essayists Minoru Chiaki , Japanese actor Minoru Fujita , Japanese professional wrestler Minoru Furuya…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Minoru
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Minoru is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Minoru Arakawa , Japanese former president of Nintendo of America Minoru Araki , Japanese painter and industrial designer Minoru Asada, Japanese engineer Minoru Betsuyaku , Japanese postwar playwrights, novelists, and essayists Minoru Chiaki , Japanese actor Minoru Fujita , Japanese professional wrestler Minoru Furuya…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Minoru
Minoru first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 50 births, good for #991 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 55% of all recorded Minorus. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1939 (11 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 675 Minorus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Minoru
Minoru is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 675 births in the dataset. Minoru's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #991. Use the chart and map above to compare Minoru's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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