Yul
Boy · YOOL · Latin
Yul is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yul mean?
Latin: Russian short form of Yuliy (Julius); also a Korean name
Yul Brynner, the Russian-born actor, was born Yuliy Briner; Yul is a short form of Yuliy (Julius).
- Say it
- YOOL
Is Yul a girl's or a boy's name?
Yul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Yul, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Yul in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 23 | #1,624 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 26 | #1,547 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,410 |
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