Seoyeon
Seo-yeon, also spelled Seo-yun or Seo-yon, is a Korean given name. It was the 1st-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2nd-most popular name in 2015 and 3rd-most popular name in 2017.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Seoyeon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Seo-yeon, also spelled Seo-yun or Seo-yon, is a Korean given name. It was the 1st-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2nd-most popular name in 2015 and 3rd-most popular name in 2017.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Seoyeon
American parents first put Seoyeon on the record books as a baby girl name in 2013, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 5 Seoyeons were born — ranking #16,544 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2013 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5 Seoyeons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Seoyeon
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- Shim Seo-yeon (born 1989), South Korean football defender
- Lee Seo-yeon (born 2000), South Korean singer
- Yoon Seo-yeon (born 2003), South Korean singer, member of girl group TripleS
- Jiyeon (born Ji Seo-yeon, 2004), South Korean singer, member of girl group TripleS
- Ji Seo-yeon (born 2005), South Korean figure skater
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About the name Seoyeon
Seoyeon is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Seoyeon's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #16,544. Use the chart and map above to compare Seoyeon'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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