Jinx — #12232 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Jinx

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Jinx between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jinx currently holds the #12232 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Jinx is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 11 additional births since 2023.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jinx performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jinx shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jinx in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jinx in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.