Unisex name · since 1999
Xin
Xin has 210 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xin sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 210 recorded since 1999.
Xin has 210 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2023.
- #19,332 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 210 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Xin ranks #19,332 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,332 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 210
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Xin's 210 recorded births place it above 73.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Xin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Xin's full recorded timeline at 2008, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Xin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Xin popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 2002 (Xin as boys' name)
Xin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (143 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Xin's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Xin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
143 births
- 2010s 48
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 143 births (68% of all-time use).
Xin by state
Where Xin concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 95 | 45.2% |
95 of 210 births nationwide.
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What to do with Xin's data
- Xin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Xins (95 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Xin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 yrs)
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, 1999–2023 (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 Xin 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.