Boys' name · since 1989
Sinjin
Sinjin has 376 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,365 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 376
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sinjin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 376 have been recorded since 1989.
Sinjin has 376 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2022.
- #9,365 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 376 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sinjin ranks #9,365 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 376 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,365 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 376
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sinjin's 376 recorded births place it above 79.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Sinjin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sinjin splits its recorded history at 2003: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sinjin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2022
- Peak year (1992)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Sinjin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (183 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Sinjin's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Sinjin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
183 births
- 2000s
2000s
139 births
- 2010s 44
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 183 births (49% of all-time use).
Sinjin by state
Where Sinjin concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 11.2% |
42 of 376 births nationwide.
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- Sinjin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (183 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Sinjins (42 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sinjin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1989–2022 (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 Sinjin 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.