boy's name

Yuuki

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 217

Yuuki is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Yuuki is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 2001, when 14 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1989.

Yuuki over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Yuuki by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 8
1990s 89
2000s 77
2010s 22
2020s (to 2025) 11

How popular is Yuuki?

In 2025, Yuuki was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Yuuki is used

England & Wales #5,526 3 in 2008
United States #13,418 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Yuuki

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Yuuki also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Yuuki over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Yuuki

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Yuuki — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Yuuki

How popular is the name Yuuki?

In 2025, Yuuki was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Yuuki a girl's or a boy's name?

Yuuki is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Yuuki most popular?

Yuuki peaked in 2001, when 14 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Yuuki a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Yuuki currently ranks #13,418 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.