Yuri

A boys’ name of Japanese origin, meaning lily; a form of various Japanese names.

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US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies

Yuri by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Yuri. In the US, 168 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 108 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yuri. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yuriyearth-worker; a form of George5 in the US (2017)
  • Yari17 in the US (2017)
  • Yuji7 in the US (2017)
  • Yori5 in the US (2017)
  • Yuvi5 in England and Wales (2025)

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