Shin

Boy · recorded 1978–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2019. 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 Shin.

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Its story

Popularity since 1978

02419781988199920092019

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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 16 recorded years as a table
Shin, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19784
19833
19853
19903
19944
19953
19973
19983
19994
20003
20114
20123
20134
20173
20183
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shin 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#12,145
How rare
1 in 358,843 boys
Since 1978
97

Shin was last recorded in 2019. 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 1978, at 4 per million boys born.

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

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