Jinx

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A hex; an evil spell

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒɪŋks/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jinx is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 384K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 486K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

265 people, 2020

Sources
144 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 384K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A hex; an evil spell.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Jinx, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jinx counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jinx is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2651 in 1.3M228Jinx144
PH Philippines≈120 est.≈1 in 887K—Jinx16
IT Italy≈52 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jinx2
NL Netherlands451 in 384K36Jinx4
GB United Kingdom≈42 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Jinx26
SE Sweden151 in 680K15—1
SG Singapore≈13 est.≈1 in 486K—Jinx4

265 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jinx is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, United States

    Also written Jin-X

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Jinx
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020228#32,025
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202037#32,025
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—36#10,289
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—27#16,609
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195018—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—15#29,565
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194814—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195313—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194713—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194912—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195410—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—9#19,086

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jinx mean, and where does it come from?
A hex; an evil spell. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Jinx?
A machine transcription gives /dʒɪŋks/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jinx a male or female name?
Jinx is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jinx have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 265 people named Jinx, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jinx.
Where is Jinx most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jinx is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 384 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jinx?
In the United States, the national register counted 265 people named Jinx in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jinx”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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