Kin
Meaning
healthy, vigorous (健)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kin has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
211 people · the #24,462 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 29
Among people named Kin living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Kin
Most people given the name Kin in the United States were born between 1960 and 1999. The Kin you meet today is most often in his 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kin deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kin truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kin fits with your family’s names and surname.
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