Yuji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-jee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Yuji is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “brave second son”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Yuji mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji chosen
“brave second son”
The ji is often written with the kanji for 'two', traditionally marking a second son, though many spellings exist.
Is Yuji a girl's or a boy's name?
Yuji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yuji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Yuji, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had the most boys named Yuji of any year since it first appeared, in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Yuji in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Yuji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri Loki Yitzchok Yug Tru Mikko Rumi Ryu Hiro Dakota Minh Kota
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Yuji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuji, updated 20 October 2026.