Haruki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-ROO-kee
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Haruki is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “spring + tree, in one spelling”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Haruki mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
“spring + tree, in one spelling”
Novelist Haruki Murakami writes his name with the characters for 'spring' and 'tree'.
Is Haruki a girl's or a boy's name?
Haruki is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haruki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Haruki, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haruki in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Haruki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Haruki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 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, 18 boys in the US were named Haruki, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Haruki in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haruki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Haruki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki, Rumi, Kairo, Yug, Ruairi, Yusuf, Akari, Minh, Shko, Tai, Kenzo, Yunus
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Haruki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haruki, updated 20 October 2026.