Unisex name · since 1990
Jimin
87 babies named Jimin in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,112 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jimin currently ranks #11112 among unisex names in America, with 87 babies recorded since 1990.
Jimin has 87 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11112 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #18,298 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,112 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 87 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jimin ranks #18,298 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,112 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 87 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,298 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,112 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 87
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jimin's 87 recorded births place it above 59.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jimin compares
87 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jimin's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jimin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 87 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jimin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jimin's full recorded timeline at 2020, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jimin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #11112 among boys.
87 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 11 births in a single year.
Jimin popularity over time - girls
42 total births recorded since 2001 (Jimin as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jimin accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jimin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (49 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Jimin's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jimin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 49 births (56% of all-time use).
Jimin decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jimin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jimin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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