Ji
Ji is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Ji
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ji is a name with a single cultural origin: Korean.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Ji
As a girl name
Ji first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1967, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1991: 15 births, good for #5,949 nationwide. About 39% of every Ji on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Ji last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 251 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ji first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1976, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 10 births, good for #6,042 nationwide. About 29% of every Ji on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ji last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 163 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ji
Ji is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 251 births in the dataset. Ji's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #5,949. Use the chart and map above to compare Ji'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.