Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Xin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 241
- 31 boys · 210 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,198 as a first name in 2020; 1,615 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Xin’s family of names
In Greek usage, Xin as a surname is a transliteration of Ξιν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Xin
- Liu XinChinese astronomer, mathematician, historian, librarian and politician (c. 50 BCE-23CE)49 BC–23
- Wang XinChinese diverborn 1992
- Wang XinChinese badminton playerborn 1985
- Bao XinHan dynasty general and warlord (152–192)
- Li XinChinese military general from the state of Qin during the Warring States period250 BC
- Qi Xin2nd wife of Xi Zhongxun and mother of CCP general secretary Xi Jinpingborn 1926
- Liu Xinfemale badminton playerborn 1990
- Tang XinChinese cyclistborn 2001
- Jiang XinChinese badminton playerborn 1969
Characters named Xin: Huang Xin (Water Margin character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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