Unisex name · since 1989
Yuuki
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 191 babies named Yuuki, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,256 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,558 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yuuki is the #12558 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 191 recorded since 1989.
Yuuki has 191 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12558 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #13,256 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,558 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 191 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yuuki ranks #13,256 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,558 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 191 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,256 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,558 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 191
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yuuki's 191 recorded births place it above 70.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Yuuki compares
191 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yuuki's all-time total is 48% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yuuki | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 191 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yuuki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yuuki's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yuuki popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Yuuki popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1996 (Yuuki as girls' name)
Yuuki by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Yuuki's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Yuuki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (44% of all-time use).
Yuuki by state
Where Yuuki concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 5.2% |
10 of 191 births nationwide.
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What to do with Yuuki's data
- Yuuki's decade-level peak was the 1990s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yuukis (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yuuki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yuuki draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.