first name
JIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,306 people named Jin, 94.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2% as White and 1.5% as two or more races. 52.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jin peaked in 2023, when 65 babies got the name.
At least 1,845 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,377. The largest share of babies named Jin, 34.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Jin
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jin ranks #2,228 of 156,621, with 15,932 people. See Jin as a last name
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