Jieun
Song Ji-eun, better known mononymously as Jieun, is a South Korean singer and actress best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Secret. Aside from her group's activities, she has released several solo songs and participated in various OSTs. In 2011, her second single, "Going Crazy" featuring Bang Yong-guk, went to become her first number one single on the Gaon Chart as a solo artist.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Jieun
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Song Ji-eun, better known mononymously as Jieun, is a South Korean singer and actress best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Secret. Aside from her group's activities, she has released several solo songs and participated in various OSTs. In 2011, her second single, "Going Crazy" featuring Bang Yong-guk, went to become her first number one single on the Gaon Chart as a solo artist.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Jieun
The earliest SSA record of Jieun as a baby girl name dates back to 1987, when 5 babies received it. 1993 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Jieun — #10,588 in the national rankings. About 72% of every Jieun on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jieun last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 18 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jieun
Jieun is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 18 births in the dataset. Jieun's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #10,588. Use the chart and map above to compare Jieun'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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