Chin

Boy · recorded 1880–1990

  • 1990last recorded
  • 1881best year

Most popular in 1881.

Last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Chin.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1880

05510918801908193519631990

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 21 recorded years as a table
Chin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188045
1881109
188270
1883105
188444
188645
188749
188891
188945
189543
189744
189841
190040
190147
190583
191026
19254
19693
19714
19863
19902

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Chin isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1990
5
Rank in 1990
#8,117
How rare
1 in 410,807 boys
Since 1880
135

Chin was last recorded in 1990. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1881, at 109 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Chin doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.