Metin

Boys' name

Firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust, through مَتِين

Metin has been given to 35 babies in the U.S. since 1997. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Metin, 2019

1 in 579,000

Metin over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Metin: meaning, origin, and history

Firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust, through مَتِين

Arabic

What Metin means

Metin belongs to the name family reached through Metin → مَتِين. Its meaning is “firm, solid, sturdy, solid, robust”.

Origin, language, and formation

Metin is used in Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Metin comes through Ottoman Turkish متین and Arabic مَتِين.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include مَتِين.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 35 boys were recorded with the name Metin between 1997 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2007; its best national rank was #8,896 in 1997.

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.

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How common is Metin?

Metin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 579,000; 6 of 3,472,229 births
Among boys only: 1 in 299,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 401,129 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Metin 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 2019 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 401,129 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Metin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Metins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Metin was born before 2012 — so the typical Metin is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 62.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 35; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 62.9% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Metin 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (7)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,896; 1997

Spellings of Metin

Metin is not the most common spelling — Kevin is, with 59.1% against Metin's <0.01%.

Kevin59.1%1,184,507
Martin15.7%315,561
Melvin12.2%244,936
Devin7.8%156,250
Merlin0.75%15,049
Mervin0.61%12,322
Tevin0.58%11,717
Erin0.47%9,478

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.

Metin around the world

Where Metin 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
1996–2018
#4,749
in 2018
France
1971–2024
#3,712
in 2024
South Australia
1971–1971
#512
in 1971

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Metin by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,896; 1997
Peak year: 2007; 7 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 35
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Metin

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

Metehan Estin Mete Kritin Method Brixtin Katin Axtin Metthew Paytin Laytin Bostin Kastin Quetin Tustin Jaytin Matin Jutin Yatin Autin Castin Jsutin Peytin Ustin

Sibling names for Metin

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

For a sister

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Yuliana Keeley

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Slade Brandt Ean Davian Isai

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