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Jachin

#9,230 in 2025Boys' name

He establishes

Jachin has been given to 493 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #9,230 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 26 recorded.

Babies named Jachin, 2025

1 in 414,000

Jachin over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jachin: meaning, origin, and history

He establishes

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jachin means

Jachin means “he establishes”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 493 boys were recorded with the name Jachin between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 26 in 2011; its best national rank was #3,932 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,431 in 2020 to #9,230 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,785 in 2015 to #9,230 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jachin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 213,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#9,230
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jachin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jachin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jachins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jachin was born before 2008 — so the typical Jachin is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
493
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Choose a decade

2010s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (159).

Is Jachin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,247
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,799
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,445
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
30.8%
Peak was 2011 (26)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,932
2011

Spellings of Jachin

Jachin is not the most common spelling — Jackie is, with 64.0% against Jachin's 0.40%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jachin around the world

Where Jachin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2014–2021
    #4,789
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2009–2012
    #2,715
    in 2012
  • South Australia
    2001–2007
    #680
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jachin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#9,230
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,799
Best rank ever
#3,932
2011
Peak year
2011
26 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
493
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Jachin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jachin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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