Jin
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271
- #2,421 for boys in 2025, 56 births
- Given to boys 79.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 65 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,460since 1961
Jin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,421 | 56 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #2,595 | 51 |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,517 | 54 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #2,552 | 51 |
| 2020 | — | #3,653 | 29 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | — | #3,106 | 37 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,518 | 31 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,766 | 43 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,998 | 37 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,415 | 52 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #2,826 | 42 |
| 2009 | — | #3,223 | 35 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #2,621 | 45 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #2,752 | 39 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #2,843 | 36 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #2,392 | 44 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #4,066 | 19 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #2,399 | 31 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1961
The first year at least five boys were named Jin! It came in at #3,356, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- California#1,085 · 1 in 9,235
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007
Best ever in a state: #333 in Kansas, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,085 | 19 | 1 in 9,235 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #2,080 | 7 | 1 in 25,007 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 174 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,421)
- 1,232 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #2,421)
- 345 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #2,421)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 2023 at #2,188 (65 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,317
- Highest: 1 in 26,317 boys born in 2023 were named Jin (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,501 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 25.1% of all boys named Jin (367) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 | #3,356 (1961) | #3,479 |
| 1970s | 67 | #3,120 (1974) | #4,308 |
| 1980s | 152 | #2,416 (1989) | #3,201 |
| 1990s | 212 | #2,399 (1993) | #3,518 |
| 2000s | 343 | #2,392 (2003) | #3,094 |
| 2010s | 367 | #2,415 (2012) | #3,166 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,188 (2023) | #2,654 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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