Yuka
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
Yuka is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yuka mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yuka a girl's or a boy's name?
Yuka is a girls' name.
How popular is Yuka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Yuka in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Yuka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Yuka
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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, “Yuka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuka, updated 20 October 2026.