Meaning and history
From Chinese 明 (míng), meaning “bright, light, clear,” or 铭 (míng), meaning “inscribe, engrave,” as well as other similarly pronounced characters.
20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 7 births, rank #9,585
2007: 9 births, rank #8,173
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
20102010: 5 births, rank #12,231
2011: 5 births, rank #12,287
2012: 5 births, rank #12,274
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
20152015: 8 births, rank #8,744
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 6 births, rank #10,775
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
20202020: 7 births, rank #9,554
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 6 births, rank #10,863
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
20242024: 8 births, rank #8,987
In 2024, 8 babies were recorded with the name Ming, ranking #8,987 among boys.