Tin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tin

The Social Security Administration has registered 436 babies named Tin between 1979 and 2020, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tin 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 436 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.