Yuka
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yuka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of ゆか.
- JPJapan≈1 in 375(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 198K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 63K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 192 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 375 (inferred from the name graph)
≈330,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of ゆか
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yuka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #4 | ≈330,000 est. | ≈1 in 375 | — | Yuka | 160 |
| CN China | — | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 332K | — | Yuka | 14 |
| US United States | — | 1,684 | 1 in 198K | 1.7K | Yuka | 192 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈380 est. | ≈1 in 68K | 1 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 347K | 14 | Yuka | 41 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Yuka | 7 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Yuka | 22 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yuka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Fragrant’; ‘friendly blossom’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In cho, a slave
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, shallow
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fbl, armpit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wga, water
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yuka Keichōb. 1901JPJapanese seiyū
- Yuka Kamebuchib. 1944JPJapanese singer and actress (1944-2017)
- Yuka Hondab. 1961USJapanese musician
- Yuka Itayab. 1975JPJapanese actress
- Yuka Murofushib. 1977JPJapanese discus thrower, hammer thrower
- Yūka Nanrib. 1984JPJapanese voice actress and singer
- Yuka Kinoshitab. 1985JPJapanese YouTuber
- Yuka Katob. 1986JPJapanese swimmer
- Yuka Iguchib. 1988JPJapanese voice actress, Gravure idols
- Yuuka Suzukib. 1996JPnot in their usual nameJapanese fashion model and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,588 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 22 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 15 | #8,588 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yuka mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of ゆか Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Yuka a male or female name?
- Yuka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Yuka have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 335 thousand people named Yuka in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuka.
- How common is the name Yuka?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,684 people named Yuka in 2020, about 1 in 198 thousand residents.
- How common is Yuka compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yuka is the 4th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yukaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yuka” — the 4th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.