Jin
Mostly boys · Japanese
Jin is a name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Jin mean?
Japanese
A Japanese male given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 56 boys in the US.
How popular is Jin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. 5 girls were also named Jin in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Jin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2013, 33% of the babies named Jin in the UK were girls.
Jin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Jin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Jin, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Jin in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 108 boys in the US were given Jin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,411, up from #2,421 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 37% of the babies named Jin in the US in 1987, and 15% in 2024.
Jin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
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