Jin

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

Boy's name · #2433 in the US (2025) · Trending

Jin is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1961, it stood at #2433 in 2025; about 1,500 boys have been named Jin along the way. It is also an American family name — about 10,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

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 965 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.

Similar names: Akai · Jireh · Asai · Ren · Kaizyn · Kylin

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