Hyun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HYUN
- Origin
- Korean
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Hyun is a boys' name of Korean origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Hyun mean?
Korean: Korean hyeon
A common Korean name syllable whose meaning depends on the hanja, such as wise, dark or bright.
Is Hyun a girl's or a boy's name?
Hyun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hyun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Hyun, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1989, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Hyun than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Hyun in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hyun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
Names like Hyun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minh, Yuri, Dakota, Yug, Ryo, Ryu, Mikko, Yitzchok, Hiro, Tru, Khoi, Zuko
More Korean names
Jae, Nari, Tae, Ho, Joon, Yoona, Nabi, Yena, Sarang, Jimin, Sua, Dae, Ki, Korea, Mi, Sang
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hyun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hyun, updated 20 October 2026.