Rin
2025 SSA
About Rin
A very popular name for girls in Japan, though it is a unisex choice. It can mean "severe, cold", but also "dignified", "ethics" and "phosphorus", depending on the kanji used. It is notably used for the Vocaloid Rin Kagamine.
Rin may also be considered a Korean name, meaning "clear" or "neighbour", a Japanese and Korean form of the Chinese Lin ("jade") or of the English and Welsh Lynn ("lake", "pretty"), or a short form of Katherine, Katrin, Katrina, or similar.
Pronounced RIN.
As of October 2026, Rin ranked #3633 in US births in 2025 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,980 | 27 | 15.9 |
| 2019 | #4,874 | 28 | 16.7 |
| 2020 | #4,629 | 29 | 17.9 |
| 2021 | #4,582 | 30 | 18.3 |
| 2022 | #4,023 | 37 | 22.6 |
| 2023 | #4,258 | 34 | 21.2 |
| 2024 | #4,621 | 30 | 18.5 |
| 2025 | #3,633 | 42 | 26.1 |
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Rin in pop culture
- Rin Matsuoka
the most beautiful boy in the Japanese anime series "Free! Iwatobi Swim Club".
- Rin Kagamine
a vocaloid, faternal twin sister of Len Kagamine
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a minor (male) character from Final Fantasy X and X,2
- Rin Nohara
a character from manga/anime Naruto
- Rin Okumura
Blue Exorcist (male)
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- Rin
a character in the anime/manga series "Naruto Shippuden"
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a (male) character in the manga/anme 'Togainu No Chi'
- Rin Hoshizora
one of the nine main idols in the anime series "Love Live!"
- Rin Shima
character in anime and manga "Laid,Back Camp"