Jin

“Gold (Chinese 金); as a Japanese name, benevolence (仁)” — Chinese (金 'gold') / Japanese (仁 'benevolence') origin

Boy's name · #2421 in the US (2025) · Trending

Jin has appeared in US records since 1961 — best rank #2188 (2023) · 1,460 babies named Jin all-time · 1 in 33,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 14,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jins

Jin Yong — Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)
Jin Sato — Japanese association football player and manager
Jin Akanishi — Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor, radio host
Jin Hanato — Japanese association football player
Jin Izumisawa — Japanese association football player

In stories & tradition

Jin Kazama — Tekken 3 · Tekken 4
Jin Dajian — Water Margin
Jin Kisaragi — BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger · BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

What Jins become

Among 964 notable people named Jin:

Political leaders appear 1.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jin Youzhi, younger brother of Puyi (1918-2015), last emperor of Qing Dynasty.

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