Yejun
Ye-jun is a Korean given name. It was the seventh-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2008, rising to sixth place in 2009 and remaining at sixth place in 2015.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Yejun
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ye-jun is a Korean given name. It was the seventh-most popular name for newborn boys in South Korea in 2008, rising to sixth place in 2009 and remaining at sixth place in 2015.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Yejun
The earliest SSA record of Yejun as a baby boy name dates back to 2014, when 6 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Yejun — #8,743 in the national rankings. Yejun last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Where is Yejun most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- China49%
- South Korea18%
- United States14%
- Singapore11%
- HK8%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Yejun
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Yejun
Yejun is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2014 and has accumulated 14 births in the dataset. Yejun's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Yejun'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.