List of the most popular given names in South Korea
Common spelling MR RR Hangul Number
Min-jun Minjun Min-jun 민준 3,096
Ji-hu Chihu Ji-hu 지후 2,159
Ji-hoon Chihun Ji-hun 지훈 1,929
Jun-seo Chunsŏ Jun-seo 준서 1,876
Hyun-woo Hyŏnu Hyeon-u 현우 1,841
Ye-jun Yejun Ye-jun 예준 1,747
Kun-woo Kŏnu Geon-u 건우 1,727
Hyun-jun Hyŏnjun Hyeon-jun 현준 1,681
Min-jae Minjae Min-jae 민재 1,509
Woo-jin Ujin U-jin 우진 1,506
2009
This is a list of the most popular given names in South Korea, by birth year and gender for various years in which data is available. Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cast off birth names they feel are old-fashioned. Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 844,615 people (about 1 in every 60 South Koreans) applied to change their names; 730,277 were approved. In 2010, 552 men changed their name to Min-jun, and 1,401 women changed their name to Seo-yeon.