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Yuki

girl name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
2
Peak era
2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

snow

How popular is Yuki around the world?

In the United States, 211 babies were named Yuki between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Yuki in 2017.

Yuki is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, Austria, England and Wales, Brazil and Spain.

United States

1 in 100,000

In the United States, 211 babies were named Yuki between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yuki peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 girl was registered as Yuki in 2017.
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Yuki in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 52,000

In Canada, 7 girls named Yuki were born in 2024, ranked 2,710th among girls that year.

1991peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Yuki was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

1 in 150,000

In England and Wales, 4 girls named Yuki were born in 2025, ranked 4,867th among girls that year.

1996peak 2018

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Brazil

1 in 330,000

At the 2022 census, 593 people in Brazil were named Yuki, ranked 11,884th, with a median age of 16.
Among people named Yuki living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1970speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 86 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 410,000

In Spain, 81 residents are named Yuki, ranked 9,278th among women, with a mean age of 33.5 years.
In Spain, 28 residents are named Yuki, ranked 23,587th among men, with a mean age of 21.7 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

last on record 2021

Yuki is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

last on record 2020

Yuki is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 2000

Yuki is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Yuki

Most people given the name Yuki in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Yuki

Hinata Ayame Izumi Momoka Nanami Sakura

Where Yuki travels

Japanese Brazilian · snow, or happiness

Japanese · snow, or good fortune depending on the kanji chosen; used for both boys and girls

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The Yuki deep dive

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