Unisex name · since 1971
Joon
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 491 babies named Joon, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,978 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Joon is the #5083 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 491 recorded since 1971.
Joon has 491 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5083 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,978 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,083 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 491 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joon ranks #7,978 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,083 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 491 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,978 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,083 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 491
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Joon's 491 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Joon compares
491 Top 44% higher than 56% of 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
Joon's all-time total is 33% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Joon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 491 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Joon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joon splits its recorded history at 2002: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Joon popularity over time - girls
73 total births recorded since 2007 (Joon as girls' name)
Joon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Joon's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Joon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
98 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (23% of all-time use).
Joon by state
Where Joon concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 6.7% |
| #2 | Kansas | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
33 of 491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Joon's data
- Joon's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (113 total births) through the 2020s (98) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Joons (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Joon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Joon 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.