Jachin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-kin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jachin is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he will establish”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jachin mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Yakhin
“he will establish”
Jachin and Boaz were the two bronze pillars at the entrance of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.
Is Jachin a girl's or a boy's name?
Jachin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jachin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jachin, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Jachin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jachin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Jachin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kobe, Omari, Zion, Binyomin, Om, Obi, Johan, Tobin, Tadeo, Jayden, Kwame, Jakob
Names related to Jachin
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jachin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jachin, updated 20 October 2026.