All over the world, 泊金 (Perkin 
, 泊金 
) is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine first name. The forename 泊金 is habitual in the Dominican Republic, where it is a rare boy's name, Peru, where it is a very rare boy's name, and Philippines, where it is a very rare principally masculine, but very infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Philippines, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. More prevalently, 泊金 is the last name as well as the forename.