Jimin
Park Ji-min, known mononymously as Jimin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and dancer. In 2013, he made his debut as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS, under the record label Big Hit Entertainment. Jimin has released three solo tracks under BTS' name—"Lie" in 2016, "Serendipity" in 2017, and "Filter" in 2020—all of which have charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Jimin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Park Ji-min, known mononymously as Jimin, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and dancer. In 2013, he made his debut as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS, under the record label Big Hit Entertainment. Jimin has released three solo tracks under BTS' name—"Lie" in 2016, "Serendipity" in 2017, and "Filter" in 2020—all of which have charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Jimin
As a girl name
Jimin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2001, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 12 births, good for #9,108 nationwide. About 55% of every Jimin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jimin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 42 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jimin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1990, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2020: 11 births, good for #7,028 nationwide. About 53% of every Jimin on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Jimin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 81 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jimin
Jimin is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 81 births in the dataset. Jimin's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #7,028. Use the chart and map above to compare Jimin'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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