Unisex name · since 2007
Jiwoo
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 63 babies named Jiwoo, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jiwoo is the #12706 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 63 recorded since 2007.
Jiwoo has 63 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12706 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #32,312 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,706 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 63 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jiwoo ranks #32,312 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,706 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 63 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,312 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,706 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jiwoo's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jiwoo compares
63 18th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Jiwoo's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jiwoo | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jiwoo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jiwoo's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jiwoo popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #12706 among girls.
63 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 10 births in a single year.
Jiwoo popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 2004 (Jiwoo as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jiwoo accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jiwoo by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Jiwoo's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jiwoo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 9
2000s
9 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (63% of all-time use).
Jiwoo decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Jiwoo's data
- Jiwoo's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jiwoo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Jiwoo 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.
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