Names / Boy names
Tin
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,269
in 1982
First recorded
1979
in U.S. data
Children named
436
since 1979
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,269 in 1982 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Tin first appears in American naming records in 1979, where it reads as a boys' name. It currently sits off the most-common lists, a quieter choice. Only about 436 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.