How Many People Are Named Jin?
people named Jin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 189,669 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,845 babies named Jin in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold, metal, money", 锦 (jǐn) meaning "tapestry, brocade, embroidered" or 津 (jīn) meaning "ferry". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jin, 20.9% were girls and 79.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jin fell from 40.2% in the 1970s to 4.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jin alive today is about 21 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jin first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 2023, to 65 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,202, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #2,433. Among girls, its best rank was #5,110, in 1994.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,433 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,202 (2023) | #5,110 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,101 in the 2010s | #6,549 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jin were born in California than in any other state: about 320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jin was given 5.3 times as often in California and 2.3 times in New York.
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