Names / Unisex names
Midnight
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#11,833
in 2021
First recorded
2005
in U.S. data
Children named
27
since 2005
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #11,833 in 2021 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(MID-nyt): Dramatic and classic. It enters U.S. records in American naming data in 2005. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 27 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.