girls:
3.5k births since 1919
#2929 (49th percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1961
#2645 (42nd percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1919
#3581 (54th percentile)
The name Yuri is the #3,581 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,756 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 53.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,929 (48.7% percentile) for all time with 3,481 births since 1919. For boys, it ranks #2,645 (42.3% percentile) for all time with 2,275 births since 1961.
Yuri first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Yuri is available in 69 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (63 years for girls and 61 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Yuri has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (60.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 62.9% of babies named Yuri were girls.
For girls, Yuri reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #783) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 100 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Yuri ranks #798 for girls (15.8% percentile) with 88 births per million, which is 87.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Yuri reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 9.5% percentile (ranked #836) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 50 births per million (ranked 9.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yuri is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #825 (9.5% percentile) with 50 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yuri".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Yuri. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.6% confident that Yuri is pronounced as YOO-ree, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is YUE-ree, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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