Yuuki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOO-kee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Yuuki is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yuuki mean?
Japanese
Can be written with many kanji; as an ordinary Japanese word, yūki means 'courage'.
Is Yuuki a girl's or a boy's name?
Yuuki 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 Yuuki 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 Yuuki, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Yuuki in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yuuki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
Names like Yuuki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri Loki Yug Mikko Ryu Yitzchok Hiro Minh Dakota Ryo Koji Rumi
Names related to Yuuki
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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, “Yuuki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yuuki, updated 20 October 2026.