Jasmin
Jasmin is a given name, a variant of Jasmine, and is the common form in Germany and Finland. In German, Finnish, and English-speaking countries it is feminine, whereas in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia it is masculine - the feminine variant in these countries is Jasmina.
Meaning & Origin of Jasmin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jasmin is a given name, a variant of Jasmine, and is the common form in Germany and Finland. In German, Finnish, and English-speaking countries it is feminine, whereas in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia it is masculine - the feminine variant in these countries is Jasmina.
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The Story of Jasmin
Jasmin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1951, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 1,945 Jasmins were born — ranking #182 that year. As of 2026, Jasmin ranks #1,438 for baby girls with 153 births, falling sharply (-20%). In total, more than 45K Jasmins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Jasmin
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Jasmin (Indian actress) (born 1968 or 1969), Indian actress who acted in a few Hindi films
- Jasmin Agić (born 1974), Croatian footballer
- Jasmin Agović (born 1991), Montenegrin footballer
- Jasmin Akter (born 2001), Rohingya cricketer
- Jasmin Bajwa (born 1996), Indian actress and model
- Jasmin Bašić (born 1971), Bosnian tenor and author
- Jasmin Bhasin (born 1990), Indian actress and model
- Jasmin Blanchette , German academic
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Names that sound like Jasmin
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About the name Jasmin
Jasmin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 45K births in the dataset. Jasmin's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #173. Use the chart and map above to compare Jasmin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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