How Many People Are Named Yui?

569

people named Yui are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 600,676 people in the US has this name

Based on 574 babies named Yui in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#15,295

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#8,743

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Peak Year

2016

32 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Japanese
Pronunciation: YOO-EE
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior" combined with 衣 (i) meaning "clothing, garment". It can also come from standalone 結 (yui) using a different nanori reading. This name can be formed of other kanji or kanji combinations as well.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Yui in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Yui alive today is about 15 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 22 in 2025.

Under 30 504
88.6%
30 to 59 65
11.4%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Yui first appears in the records in 1989 and was given most often in 2016, to 32 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Yui has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,527, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #6,103.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,103
Best rank#4,527 (2016)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#6,032 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Yui alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Yui were born in California than in any other state: about 94 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Yui was given about 6.4 times as often in California.

California 94
Hawaii 5
New York 5

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