Is Yuki a boy or girl name?

Yuki is a unisex name. Of the 1,634 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.3% were girls and 34.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2010, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Yuki

Recorded 1915–2025 · United States

Yuki was most popular in 2004, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,803 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,835, with 37 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,634 people named Yuki.

Yuki over time

Births per year. The dot marks Yuki’s peak in 2004. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Yuki a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Yuki is a unisex name — 65.3% of the 1,634 Americans given it were girls and 34.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2010 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 69% girls and 31% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Yuki

Where Yuki is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org