How rare is the name Yu?

13,140 people in the United States have the first name Yu, about 1 in 22,986. It ranks #2,068 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

YU

#2,068

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,140
About
1 in 22,986
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,140 people named Yu, 96.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.9% as White. 58.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Yu peaked in 2007, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
35
In 2025*
9 ▼74%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 830 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Yu by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #7,778. The largest share of babies named Yu, 41.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#15,12228
1980s#7,847145
1990s#7,778212
2000s#8,842241
2010s#13,429141
2020s#16,52158
Generation X 1965–804.8%
Millennials 1981–9635.5%
Generation Z 1997–1241.3%
2013 and later18.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Yu

#2,066 Kaelyn · 13,147#2,067 Jimena · 13,143#2,069 Aniya · 13,135#2,070 Louisa · 13,130

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Yu, most common first.

#3,215 Yue · 6,690#13,720 Yui · 874#49,509 Yuh · 125#50,823 Yua · 117

Also a last name

As a last name, Yu ranks #495 of 156,621, with 66,156 people. See Yu as a last name

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