Ukiah
Boy · yoo-KY-ah · Native American
Ukiah is a boys' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ukiah mean?
Native American: from Yokaya, a Pomo place name, via the city in California
Ukiah, a city in California's Mendocino County, takes its name from Yokaya, a place name in the Pomo language.
- Say it
- yoo-KY-ah
Is Ukiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ukiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ukiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Ukiah, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had more boys named Ukiah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ukiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ukiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Ukiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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