Yuriy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOOR-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Yuriy is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “farmer, earthworker”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yuriy mean?
Greek: Ukrainian and Russian form of George
“farmer, earthworker”
Slavic form of George; Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space in 1961.
Is Yuriy a girl's or a boy's name?
Yuriy 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 Yuriy 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 Yuriy, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Yuriy in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuriy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
Nicknames for Yuriy
- Yura
Names like Yuriy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Yug Yitzchok Kairo Mikko Loki Kota Yakov Ryu Dakota Hiro Zuko
Names related to Yuriy
More Greek names
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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, “Yuriy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuriy, updated 20 October 2026.