Yuhan
Yuhan Corporation is a South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical company headquartered in Daebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. It was established in 1926 by New Il-han and has been listed on the Korea Stock Exchange since 1962. Yuhan is one of the top Korean pharmaceutical companies, along with Celltrion, Samsung Biologics, GC Pharma, and Hanmi Pharmaceutical.
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Meaning & Origin of Yuhan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yuhan Corporation is a South Korean pharmaceutical and chemical company headquartered in Daebang-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul. It was established in 1926 by New Il-han and has been listed on the Korea Stock Exchange since 1962. Yuhan is one of the top Korean pharmaceutical companies, along with Celltrion, Samsung Biologics, GC Pharma, and Hanmi Pharmaceutical.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Yuhan
As a girl name
Yuhan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2012, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2012: 9 births, good for #11,255 nationwide. About 85% of every Yuhan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Yuhan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Yuhan as a boy name dates back to 2018, when 6 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Yuhan — #10,757 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Yuhan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Yuhan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yuhan
Yuhan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2012 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Yuhan's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #11,255. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuhan'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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