# Xin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/xin/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 241 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 210 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 335, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 | 7,979 |
| 2004 | 18 | 6,760 |
| 2005 | 20 | 6,238 |
| 2006 | 20 | 6,584 |
| 2007 | 20 | 6,802 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,779 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,642 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,762 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12,165 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,415 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,082 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,393 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,878 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12,149 |
| 2023 | 5 | 17,496 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 10,624 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,701 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13,151 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,757 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,717 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 19 | 1,325 |
| 2007 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2008 | 30 | 1,019 |
| 2009 | 34 | 958 |
| 2010 | 28 | 1,150 |
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |

## People named Xin

- Liu Xin, Chinese astronomer, mathematician, historian, librarian and politician (c. 50 BCE-23CE)
- Wang Xin, Chinese diver
- Zhang Xin, Chinese business executive
- Wang Xin, Chinese badminton player
- Xu Xin, Chinese footballer
- Qi Xin, 2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping
- Li Xin, Chinese military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period
- Liu Xin, female badminton player
- Emperor Ai of Han, emperor of the Han dynasty
- Cya Liu, Chinese actress and singer (born 1989)

## 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.