Most Popular Baby Names in South Korea

In the year 2008, there were 2,641 male newborns who were named Minjoon, and 3,270 female newborns who were named Seoyeon.

According to birth-registration statistics released by the Supreme Court of South Korea, the most common baby names in 2008 are as follows:

Most Popular Names for Boys

Min-jun 민준
Ji-hun 지훈
Hyun-woo 현우
Jun-seo 준서
Woo-jin 우진
Gun-woo 건우
Ye-jun 예준
Hyeon-joon 현준

Most Popular Names for Girls

Seo-yeon 서연
Min-suh 민서
Ji-min 지민
Seo-hyeon 서현
Seo-yun 서윤
Ye-eun 예은
Ha-eun 하은
Ji-eun 지은

In the previous generation, the most popular names were Young-soo (영수) for men and Sun-ja (순자) for women.