Jing comes from the Chinese tradition, meaning Pure or Capital.
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How popular is Jing?
2003peak year
Today, Jing is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #17420), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2003, 12 babies were given the name (ranked #8751 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. In all, around 147 babies have been registered as Jing since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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