Yuri
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,525 for girls
Yuri is a name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,525th for girls in the US (139 babies).
What does Yuri mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Yuri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Yuri has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 139 girls and 88 boys in the US.
How popular is Yuri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Yuri, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yuri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 45% of the babies named Yuri in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Yuri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Yuri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,525among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 139 girls in the US were named Yuri, making it the 1,525th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 180 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919. 88 boys were also named Yuri in 2025 (1,808th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Yuri in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1968, 21% of the babies named Yuri in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 61%, with more girls than boys since 2019.
Yuri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #1,525 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,446 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 123 | #1,680 |
| 2020 | 132 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,740 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,302 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,117 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 68 | #2,613 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,869 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,558 |
| 1990 | 103 | #1,499 |
| 1989 | 106 | #1,402 |
| 1988 | 98 | #1,419 |
| 1987 | 108 | #1,292 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 68 | #1,690 |
| 1984 | 68 | #1,616 |
| 1983 | 76 | #1,496 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,551 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Yuri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Yuri
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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, “Yuri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuri, updated 20 October 2026.