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Hyun

#12,727 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Hyeon

Hyun has been given to 437 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #12,727 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Hyun, 2025

1 in 663,000

Hyun over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hyun over time

In 2025, Hyun went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19572025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hyun: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Hyeon

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hyun means

Hyun is a alternate transcription of Hyeon.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hyun is used in Korean.

Another recorded pronunciation is /çjʌn/ for Hyun.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hyeon.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 269 boys were recorded with the name Hyun between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1989; its best national rank was #3,457 in 1972.

In the United States, 168 girls were recorded with the name Hyun between 1957 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1982; its best national rank was #5,926 in 1974.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Hyun?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,727
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hyun sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hyun. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hyuns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hyun was born before 1991 — so the typical Hyun is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
32.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
19.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
269
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1980s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (87).

Is Hyun rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
35.7%
Peak was 1989 (14)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,457
1972

Spellings of Hyun

Hyun is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 84.3% against Hyun's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hyun is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Hyun was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hyun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Hyun is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Hyun was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 167,026 across all states with data.

11 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kansas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Hyun has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hyun around the world

Where Hyun ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2005
    #3,849
    in 2005
  • South Australia
    2003–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Hyun by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,727
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,457
1972
Peak year
1989
14 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
269
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#5,926
1974
Peak year
1982
11 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
168
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Hyun

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Hyun

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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