Total births
42
Girls' name · since 2000
Yejin
42 babies named Yejin in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 42
- total births
- 2000–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
Yejin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 2000.
Yejin has 42 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2000 to 2016.
- 42 total births
- 2000–2016 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
42 girls have been named Yejin since 2000, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2016.
- 42
- total births
- 2000–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade
74% of everyone ever named Yejin was born in this single decade.
2009
Single peak year
8 babies were named Yejin in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
Yejin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yejin splits its recorded history at 2007: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yejin at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
2009
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2000
Yejin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2016
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Yejin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Yejin's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Yejin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (74% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yejin? ▼
Since 2000, Social Security records show 42 babies named Yejin. The most recent recorded year was 2016. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 8 births.
When was Yejin most popular? ▼
Yejin was most popular in the 2000s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Yejin been used? ▼
Yejin has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 17 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Yejin? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yeji, Yejide. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Yejin's data
- Yejin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2000–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Yejin: Baby Name Since 2000 - 42 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/yejin. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Yejin 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 July 2026.