Yuriko
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yoo-REE-koh
- Origin
- Japanese
Yuriko is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “lily child”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yuriko mean?
Japanese: from yuri 'lily' + ko 'child'
“lily child”
Usually written with the characters for yuri 'lily' and ko 'child', a classic ending for Japanese girls' names.
Is Yuriko a girl's or a boy's name?
Yuriko is a girls' name.
How popular is Yuriko in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Yuriko in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuriko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,197 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,342 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,349 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,673 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
Nicknames for Yuriko
- Yuri 7 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Yuriko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emiko Aiko Lillian Naomi Josephine Violet Emma Isabelle Emily Eleanor Miriam Elizabeth
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, “Yuriko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuriko, updated 20 October 2026.