Shinji — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shinji

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Shinji between 1987 and 2013, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shinji currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shinji performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shinji shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shinji 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 28 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.