Yuki
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Yuki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the most common given name. In Japanese, recorded as Rōmaji transcription of ゆき.
- JPJapan≈1 in 228(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 12K
- USUnited States1 in 95K
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)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 265 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 228 (inferred from the name graph)
≈550,000 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)
,2 ‘Happiness’; ‘snow’; also short for any name beginning with Yuki-.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Yuki is read(measured from records)
Yuki is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Japanese83%
Rōmaji transcription of ゆき
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English6.1%
N. American people
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
A Native American people from northern California.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yuki 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 | #1 | ≈550,000 est. | ≈1 in 228 | — | Yuki | 190 |
| CN China | — | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Yuki | 46 |
| HK Hong Kong | #367 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Yuki | 31 |
| US United States | — | 3,495 | 1 in 95K | 2.5K | Yuki | 265 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Yuki | 27 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Yuki | 45 |
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. 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)
Yuki is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
,2 ‘Happiness’; ‘snow’; also short for any name beginning with Yuki-.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Felicità / Neve
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
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)
- Amami Yūkib. 1967JPJapanese actress
- Maki Mizunob. 1970JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress
- Youki Kudohb. 1971JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress and singer
- Yuki Abeb. 1981JPJapanese association football player (born 1981)
- Yuki Koyanagib. 1982JPJapanese singer
- Yūki Kajib. 1985JPJapanese voice actor and singer
- Yūki Nagasatob. 1987JPJapanese association football player (1987-)
- Yuki Yamadab. 1990JPJapanese actor and radio personality (1990-)
- Yuki Kashiwagib. 1991JPJapanese gravure idol, model, actress, YouTuber (1991-)
- Yuki Tsunodab. 2000JPJapanese racing driver
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 56 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.5K | #5,043 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 953 | #5,043 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 24 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Is Yuki a male or female name?
- Yuki is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- Where does the name Yuki come from?
- ,2 ‘Happiness’; ‘snow’; also short for any name beginning with Yuki-. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Yuki mean?
- In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ゆき
- In which country does Yuki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 550 thousand people named Yuki in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuki.
- How common is the name Yuki?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,495 people named Yuki in 2020, about 1 in 95 thousand residents.
- How common is Yuki compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yuki is the most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Yuki?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yukiThe 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, “Yuki” — the most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.