Jin
Masculine · “gold”
Jin is given to both — 1,460 boys and 385 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Jin is a Chinese name whose meaning depends on the character — gold, advance, brocade, or several others.
How old is the name Jin?
Jin first appears in US birth records in 1961 — 64 years ago. The typical Jin alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,400 people named Jin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jin most popular?
Jin peaked in 2023, reaching #2188 nationally. Today it ranks #2421, 233 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From 金 to Jin
The story of Jin
Chinese romanisation collapses many distinct characters into one spelling, so Jin may mean gold, advance, brocade or several other things depending on which was chosen — and the tone differs too. The Jin dynasty took the gold character. Korean has its own Jin. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
gold; advance
Chinese names take meaning from the characters, not the romanised sound. Jin is written 金, 'gold' or 'metal'; 进, 'to advance'; 锦, 'brocade'; among others. Korean Jin is separate again. The character fixes the reading, which the Latin alphabet cannot show.
How the name formed
- 金
- Jin
Related forms: 金 · 진 · 仁
Pronouncing Jin
JIN
One syllable. Mandarin gives it a tone the Latin alphabet does not show.
Nicknames for Jin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1961
- Most boys named
- 202365 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2188reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +9.8%56 in 2025, from 51
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- 金 in Chinese — transliteration
- 진 in Korean — transliteration
- 仁 in Japanese — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Minnesota.
Jins among us
people named Jin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 30,501 born in 2025 was named Jin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hilman test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hilman climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hilman's path sketches the road Jin is walking now.
Jin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jin is headed
Jin looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 18% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the character and not the sound carries the meaning is a first-rate fact.
- The gold reading is concrete and strong.
- One syllable, clean, and never mispronounced.
- The meaning is invisible in the Latin alphabet.
- Mandarin tone is lost entirely in English.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #2421 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Jin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jin in 2025?
- Jin ranks #2421 among US boy names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jin?
- About 1 in every 30,501 US boys born in 2025 was named Jin — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jin with classmates?
- Jin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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