The first name Yury
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Yury at birth, 1880–2025
In 2009, 5 girls born in the United States were named Yury, the 20,130th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1985, when 18 were.
GirlsBoys
207
babies named Yury since 1880
#20,130
rank in 2009
1985
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Yury
62 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Yury RudovFencer (1931-2013)
- Yury DrozdovBelarusian military personnel (1925–2017)
- Yury BaluevskyFormer chief of the general staff of the armed forces of the Russian federation, born 1947
- Yury KavalyowBelarusian footballer, born 1993
- Yury HolubBelarusian cross-country skier and biathlete, born 1996
- Yury TsapenkoArtistic gymnast, 1938–2012
- Yury AfoninFirst Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, born 1977
- Yuryi LiadovBelarusian biathlete, born 1987
- Yury TsyhalkaBelarusian footballer, 1983–2026
- Yury RybakBelarusian judoka, born 1979
- Yury AstravukhBelarusian footballer, born 1988
- Yury KurbykoBelarusian footballer, born 1956
Questions
- Is Yury a boy's or a girl's name?
- Both. Of the 207 US babies named Yury since 1880, 92% were girls and 8% boys.
- When was Yury most popular?
- 1985 in the United States, when 18 babies were named Yury, its highest rank at 4,452nd.