Boys' name · since 2017

Jiren

291 babies named Jiren in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#10,755 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,851 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
291
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade

291 babies have been named Jiren since 2017, making it today's #4851 boys' name.

Jiren has 291 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4851 as of the latest data, more common than 65% 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 2017 to 2025.

  • #10,755 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #4,851 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 291 born since 2017
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jiren ranks #10,755 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,851 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 291 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.

#10,755 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,851 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
291
born since 2017
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%65.1%
Jiren vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Jiren's 291 recorded births place it above 76.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Jiren compares

291 45th 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

Jiren's all-time total is 21% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jiren Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 291 369 358,536
Peak-year births 45 34 22,252

Jiren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Jiren splits its recorded history at 2021: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 45 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Jiren popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
45
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
01020304050 201720182019202020212022202320242025 21

Jiren by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (203 births, 70% of the file).

2020s was Jiren's strongest decade.

203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.

Jiren births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 203 births (70% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Jiren by state

Where Jiren concentrates geographically, total births since 2017

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Jiren
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
41 14.1%
#2 California
24 8.2%
#3 New York
8 2.7%
Texas share of Jiren's total US births 14.1%
Even split

41 of 291 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jiren?
291 babies have been named Jiren since 2017. All-time, it sits at #10,755 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #4,851 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2018 with 45 births.
Where does Jiren sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jiren ranks #10,755 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,851 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jiren most popular?
Jiren was most popular in the 2020s decade with 203 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
Where is Jiren most popular?
The top states for the name Jiren are Texas (41 births), California (24 births), New York (8 births).
How long has the name Jiren been used?
Jiren has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 9 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Jiren?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jiraiya, Jireh, Jiro, Jirah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Jiren's data

  • Texas records the most Jirens (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jiren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2017–2025 (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 Jiren 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.