# Yuri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yuri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “george” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈjʊɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Iurii, Yurii, Yuriy, Yury, Yuuri, Yuhri |
| US babies named this | 6,224 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,455 / 3,769 (61% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 217, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian Ю́рий (Júrij, “George”). Doublet of George.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,637 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,863 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,437 |
| 2014 | 57 | 3,004 |
| 2015 | 77 | 2,406 |
| 2016 | 92 | 2,127 |
| 2017 | 83 | 2,267 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,331 |
| 2019 | 119 | 1,744 |
| 2020 | 132 | 1,590 |
| 2021 | 123 | 1,697 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,318 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,454 |
| 2024 | 147 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 139 | 1,533 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,230 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,904 |
| 2013 | 44 | 2,713 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,232 |
| 2016 | 55 | 2,386 |
| 2017 | 85 | 1,803 |
| 2018 | 81 | 1,871 |
| 2019 | 88 | 1,775 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,068 |
| 2021 | 75 | 1,998 |
| 2022 | 93 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1,786 |
| 2024 | 91 | 1,807 |
| 2025 | 88 | 1,825 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- French: Youri, Iouri
- German: Juri
- Polish: Jurij
- Portuguese: Yuri, Iúri
- Russian: Ю́рий
- Ukrainian: Юрій
- Japanese: Yuri, Yūri (Yūri), ゆり, ゆうり

## People named Yuri

- Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
- Yuri Alvear, Colombian judoka
- Yuri van Gelder, Dutch gymnast
- Yuri Mamute, Brazilian association football player
- Yuri Kisil, Canadian swimmer
- Yuri Kochiyama, American civil rights activist (1921-2014)
- Yuri Jonathan Vitor Coelho, Brazilian association football player (1998-)
- Yuri de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Yuri Kim, American diplomat
- Yuri Lara, Brazilian association football player
- Yuri Sardarov, American actor, producer
- Yuri Khatchaturov, Armenian army general

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.