Origin
Chinese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
star (星)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Xing does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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Popularity in Brazil
35 people · the #85,084 first name in Brazil · median age 35
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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