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Soon

girl name
Origin
Korean
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

pure in one common hanja; in Korea usually an element, as in Soon-hee

Popularity, 1890–2024

Soon does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

86 people · the #45,833 first name in Brazil · median age 68

1940s1950s

Among people named Soon living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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The Soon deep dive

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