Xin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHIN
- Origin
- Chinese
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Xin is a girls' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Xin come from?
Chinese: Mandarin; meaning depends on the character, such as 'heart', 'joy' or 'new'
Is Xin a girl's or a boy's name?
Xin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Xin, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 45 girls.
2025 had more girls named Xin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Xin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2014, 80% of the babies named Xin in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Xin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,418 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 40 | #912 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Xin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Xin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Xin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki Suki Yumna Dakota Rumi Yuna Mika Miri Minha Akosua Kiyomi Akua
Names related to Xin
More Chinese names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Xin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xin, updated 20 October 2026.