Boys' name · since 2005
Jinwoo
21 babies named Jinwoo in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,517 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
21 babies have been named Jinwoo since 2005, making it today's #7517 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Jinwoo recorded 21 times among boys since 2005, holding rank #7517 nationally today, ahead of 46% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #28,674 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,517 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 21 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jinwoo ranks #28,674 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,517 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 21 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,674 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,517 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jinwoo's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jinwoo compares
21 8th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jinwoo's all-time total is 94% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jinwoo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jinwoo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jinwoo splits its recorded history at 2007: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jinwoo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Jinwoo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Jinwoo's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jinwoo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jinwoo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jinwoo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.