# Jin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chin, Kin |
| US babies named this | 1,845 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,460 / 385 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 215, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 晉 /晋 (Jìn), adopted as the name of a river in Shanxi in antiquity. As a Zhou state, from the renaming of the marchland Tang (唐) by its second marquis Ji Xie when he relocated to the Jin River c. 1000 BC. As a surname, principally from the Zhou state and its region in China. As an empire and dynastic name, from Sima Yan's status as prince of Jin under the preceding Wei Empire. As a river in Fujian, named for the empire, which settled its banks with colonizers from China's Central Plains. As a dialect, from 晉語／晋语 (Jìnyǔ), from the region of the former Zhou state.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | 9,124 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,807 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,259 |
| 2005 | 11 | 9,753 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,913 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,437 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,521 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15,868 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,687 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,824 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,809 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,484 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,585 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,262 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,645 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,044 |
| 2012 | 52 | 2,428 |
| 2013 | 37 | 3,027 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,126 |
| 2015 | 43 | 2,788 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,563 |
| 2017 | 31 | 3,549 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,133 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,455 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,689 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,565 |
| 2022 | 54 | 2,537 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,203 |
| 2024 | 51 | 2,613 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,433 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14 | 1,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Jin

- Ha Jin, author and poet
- Chen Jin, Chinese badminton player
- Min Jin Lee, American writer
- Ma Jin, Chinese badminton player
- Dai Jin, Chinese artist (1388-1462)
- Wu Jinyan, Chinese actress
- Luo Jin, Chinese actor and singer
- Xie Jin, Chinese mandarin (1369–1415)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.