Yuji
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Second male’; ‘courageous second [son]’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/juʒi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yuji is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 51st most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 696(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 396K
- KRSouth Korea≈1 in 16Kas 유지
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yuji itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. 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
- 175 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 696 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled 유지 in KR South Korea.
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)
‘Second male’; ‘courageous second [son]’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yuji 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 | #51 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 696 | listed | Yuji | 174 |
| CN China | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Yuji | 33 |
| KR South Korea | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | 유지 | 27 |
| US United States | — | 841 | 1 in 396K | 770 | Yuji | 175 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 384K | — | Yuji | 33 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Yuji | 20 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 152K | — | Yuji | 10 |
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: the japanese-names-oneill-1972 register; 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)
Yuji 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.
In Korean, alternative form of 유지 (yuji, “retention”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zor, scratch
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)
- Yūji Ōnob. 1941JPJapanese composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (1941-2026)
- Guts Ishimatsub. 1949JPnot in their usual nameJapanese boxer
- Yūji Mitsuyab. 1954JPJapanese actor, voice actor, director of audiography, voice director and sound supervisor
- Yuji Horiib. 1954JPJapanese video game designer
- Shōta Shunpūteib. 1959JPnot in their usual nameJapanese Rakugoka
- Yūji Tanakab. 1965JPJapanese owarai talent, television presenter and essayist (1965-)
- Yūji Uedab. 1967JPJapanese actor, voice actor and singer
- Yūji Odab. 1967JPJapanese actor and singer
- Yūji Kishib. 1970JPJapanese actor and voice actor (born 1970)
- Yuji Nakazawab. 1978JPJapanese association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 770 | #14,117 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 71 | #14,117 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 8 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What does the name Yuji mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘Second male’; ‘courageous second [son]’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Yuji?
- A machine transcription gives /juʒi/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Yuji a male or female name?
- Yuji is a male 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 Yuji have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 180 thousand people named Yuji in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuji.
- How common is the name Yuji?
- In the United States, the national register counted 841 people named Yuji in 2020, about 1 in 396 thousand residents.
- How common is Yuji compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yuji is the 51st most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yujiThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Yuji” — the 51st most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.