Yin
Meaning
varies by character: often 银, 'silver', or 音, 'sound, tone'; a pinyin-era given name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Yin 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
61 people · the #58,130 first name in Brazil · median age 45
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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