Yerin
Ye-rin is a Korean given name.
Meaning & Origin of Yerin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ye-rin is a Korean given name.
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The Story of Yerin
Yerin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 7 births, good for #13,924 nationwide. About 53% of every Yerin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Yerin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 32 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Yerin
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Mun Ye-rin (born 1990), South Korean pentathlete, silver medalist in modern pentathlon at the 2010 Asian Games
- Yerin (entertainer) (born 1996), South Korean singer, member of girl group GFriend
- Baek Ye-rin (born 1997), South Korean singer
- Bang Ye-rin (born 1996), South Korean actress (Seol In-ah)
- Yerin Ha (born 1998), Australian actress
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Names that sound like Yerin
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About the name Yerin
Yerin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 32 births in the dataset. Yerin's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #13,924. Use the chart and map above to compare Yerin'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.