Tools / Baby names / Y

Yuki

Unisex

Meaning of Yuki: Japanese: 'snow' or 'happiness'

Yuki is a unisex name most strongly associated with Japanese naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 3809th most popular name in the United States in 2025 and 4843rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#3809

37 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4843

4 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,634

First recorded 1915 · peak 2004

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 9 babies1982: 5 babies1983: 6 babies1984: 14 babies1985: 9 babies1986: 23 babies1987: 13 babies1988: 16 babies1989: 27 babies1990: 28 babies19901991: 30 babies1992: 28 babies1993: 29 babies1994: 34 babies1995: 28 babies1996: 38 babies1997: 23 babies1998: 38 babies1999: 37 babies2000: 45 babies20002001: 41 babies2002: 35 babies2003: 43 babies2004: 56 babies2005: 54 babies2006: 37 babies2007: 48 babies2008: 47 babies2009: 44 babies2010: 47 babies20102011: 35 babies2012: 37 babies2013: 48 babies2014: 31 babies2015: 34 babies2016: 49 babies2017: 37 babies2018: 36 babies2019: 45 babies2020: 33 babies20202021: 34 babies2022: 30 babies2023: 33 babies2024: 44 babies2025: 37 babies
US babies named Yuki per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 56.

Gender split

35% boys · 65% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More Japanese names

Other names starting with Y