Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Joon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 564
- 491 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #5,116 for boys · #9,750 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +90%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,116 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 87.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,400 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joon’s family of names
Joon has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Jan. Joon has a related form in Jaśki. Joon has a related form in Jaśki.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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