How rare is the name Xin?

8,198 people in the United States have the first name Xin, about 1 in 36,842. It ranks #2,820 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

XIN

#2,820

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,198
About
1 in 36,842
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,198 people named Xin, 97.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.8% as White. 56.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Xin peaked in 2007, when 28 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19992023
Peak year
2007
Births that year
28
In 2023
5 ▼82%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 241 babies have been given the name since 1999. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Xin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #11,503. The largest share of babies named Xin, 81.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#36,5966
2000s#11,503167
2010s#23,26555
2020s#30,66213
Generation Z 1997–1281.3%
2013 and later18.7%

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.

Exactly as common as Xin

1 other first name also has 8,198 people.

#2,820 Caridad · 8,198

Either side of Xin

#2,818 Juniper · 8,200#2,820 Caridad · 8,198#2,822 Aline · 8,195#2,823 Elinor · 8,193

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Xin, most common first.

#8,234 Xian · 1,769#20,724 Xion · 496#27,579 Xinh · 331#43,660 Xina · 161

Also a last name

As a last name, Xin ranks #17,169 of 156,621, with 1,615 people. See Xin as a last name

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