Jihoon
Park Ji-hoon, known mononymously as Jihoon, is a South Korean singer. He debuted in Treasure on August 7, 2020, and its single album entitled The First Step: Chapter One.
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Meaning & Origin of Jihoon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Park Ji-hoon, known mononymously as Jihoon, is a South Korean singer. He debuted in Treasure on August 7, 2020, and its single album entitled The First Step: Chapter One.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Jihoon
The earliest SSA record of Jihoon as a baby boy name dates back to 2003, when 6 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Jihoon — #9,871 in the national rankings. Jihoon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 13 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jihoon
Jihoon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 13 births in the dataset. Jihoon's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #9,871. Use the chart and map above to compare Jihoon'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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