Girls' name · since 1986
Korea
Korea has 298 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 298
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Korea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 298 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korea has been recorded 298 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2024.
- #15,956 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 298 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Korea ranks #15,956 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 298 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,956 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 298
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Korea's 298 recorded births place it above 77.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Korea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Korea's full recorded timeline at 2006, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Korea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Korea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Korea's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Korea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Korea's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- 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 Korea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1986–2024 (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 Korea 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.