Japan · named survey
湊 in the Japan name survey
Reading: Minato (one attested reading)
Ranked first for boys by exact written form in the 2025 survey. The same kanji can have more than one reading.
What the source measured
- Rank in male names
- #1
- Observed male names
- 38
- Population
- 2025 births in the company’s insurance records: 6,312 boys and 6,193 girls
The source reports this name in a male cohort. It does not provide a complete male and female count for the same written name. This count cannot be turned into a gender probability or applied to all people named 湊.
Source and limits
The rank and count refer to the exact written form 湊 in one reported cohort. Another spelling, reading, year or population can have a different distribution. A name does not identify an individual person's gender.