성민

given name · Hangul script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

성민 is a given name written in the Hangul script, with more bearers in South Korea than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 518(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 567Kas Sungmin
  • MOMacao≈1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than 성민 itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Korea (inferred from the name graph)

≈100,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
142 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 518 (inferred from the name graph)

South Korea, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

성민Hangul(measured from records)
SungminLatin(measured from records)

7 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sungmin in US United States, DE Germany, NZ New Zealand, Songmin in CN China, Seungmin in KP North Korea and Sung-Min in TW Taiwan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

성민 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where 성민 is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
KR South Korea#18≈100,000 est.≈1 in 518409성민120
KP North Korea#766≈2,800 est.≈1 in 9.3K—Seungmin7
CN China—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 684K—Songmin16
US United States—587as Sungmin1 in 567K455Sungmin142
DE Germany—≈83 est.≈1 in 971K—Sungmin31
TW Taiwan—≈66 est.≈1 in 358K—Sung-Min6
MO Macao#113≈47 est.≈1 in 13K—성민1
NZ New Zealand—≈11 est.≈1 in 435K—Sungmin9

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Supreme Court — newborn given names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960198020002020Lee Sung-min, b. 1968Kim Sung-min, b. 1973Cho Sung-min, b. 1973Kang Sung Min, b. 1979Sungmin, b. 1986Moon Sung-min, b. 1986Kim Sung-min, b. 1987Ha Sung-min, b. 1987Ham Sung-min, b. 1998Han Sung-min, b. 2001
  • Lee Sung-minb. 1968KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor, born 1968
  • Kim Sung-minb. 1973KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor (1973–2016)
  • Cho Sung-minb. 1973KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean baseball player (1973–2013)
  • Kang Sung Minb. 1979KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film actor and singer
  • Sungminb. 1986KRSouth Korean singer and actor
  • Moon Sung-minb. 1986KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean volleyball player
  • Kim Sung-minb. 1987KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean judoka
  • Ha Sung-minb. 1987KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean association football player
  • Ham Sung-minb. 1998KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
  • Han Sung-minb. 2001KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting 성민
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2009846#25
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2008706#25
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2010687#32
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2011603#37
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2012580#42
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2014520#52
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2013427#75
KR South KoreaSupreme Court — newborn given names2015409#82

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is 성민 a male or female name?
성민 is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does 성민 have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 100 thousand people named 성민 in South Korea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled 성민.
How common is the name 성민?
In the United States, the national register counted 587 people named Sungmin in 2020, about 1 in 567 thousand residents.
How common is 성민 compared with other names?
In South Korea, 성민 is the 18th most common given name of 67,037 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “성민” — the 18th most common given name in South Korea. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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