Yu — Baby Name Popularity & Trends

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 52% girls / 48% boys

Origin: Chinese

Meaning

Yū or Yu or Yuu is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.

From Wikipedia

Yu first appears in the data in 1997 and has been recorded in 17 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2012 with 32 babies (rank #1,098 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Yu

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yu yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.

558

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1997	3	#4,951
2001	3	#5,211
2002	6	#2,858
2003	9	#2,186
2004	13	#1,712
2005	10	#2,244
2006	26	#1,085
2007	13	#1,960
2008	23	#1,300
2009	27	#1,170
2010	23	#1,388
2011	24	#1,326
2012	32	#1,098
2013	25	#1,359
2014	24	#1,366
2015	10	#2,700
2016	17	#1,831

Year

Babies

Rank

1997

#4,951

2001

#5,211

2002

#2,858

2003

#2,186

2004

#1,712

2005

#2,244

2006

#1,085

2007

#1,960

2008

#1,300

2009

#1,170

2010

#1,388

2011

#1,326

2012

#1,098

2013

#1,359

2014

#1,366

2015

#2,700

2016

#1,831

Yu

Meaning

Numerology of Yu

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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