Yuka
given name · Japanese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yuka is a given name, most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is the 4th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Japanese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of ゆか.
- JPJapan1 in 610◐
- USUnited States1 in 199K
- SGSingapore1 in 103K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.0K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 177 ●
- 1 in 199K ◐
across 7 countries
recorded for this name
112K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Rōmaji transcription of ゆか
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #4 | 118,489 | 106K rec. | — | — | Yuka | 154 |
| US United States | — | 1,669 | 4.4K rec. | 1 in 199K | 1.7K | Yuka | 177 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 233 | 203 rec. | — | listed | Yuka | 36 |
| CA Canada | — | 183 | 174 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 35 |
| TH Thailand | — | 176 | 127 rec. | — | #516,536 | Yuka | 33 |
| BR Brazil | — | 160 | — | 1 in 1.3M | 160 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | — | 104 | 104 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 22 |
| PH Philippines | — | 95 | 53 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 15 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 68 | 6 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 20 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 57 | 47 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 15 |
| ES Spain | — | 48 | 25 rec. | 1 in 1M | 48 | — | 14 |
| IT Italy | — | 46 | 46 rec. | — | — | Yuka | 8 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Japanese123K89%
- English7.3K5%
- Portuguese3K2%
- Spanish9091%
- Indonesian6861%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 122,932 | 89% |
| English | 7,305 | 5% |
| Portuguese | 3,033 | 2% |
| Spanish | 909 | 1% |
| Indonesian | 686 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Yuka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Fragrant’; ‘friendly blossom’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In cho, a slave
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, shallow
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fbl, armpit
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wga, water
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1979 | 5 |
| 1980 | 6 |
| 1981 | 8 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 13 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 15 |
| 1993 | 14 |
| 1994 | 17 |
| 1995 | 9 |
| 1996 | 22 |
| 1997 | 19 |
| 1998 | 18 |
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 40 years between 1975–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Yuka Keichōb. 1901JPJapanese seiyū
- Yuka Kamebuchib. 1944JPJapanese singer and actress (1944-2017)
- Yuka Hondab. 1961USJapanese musician
- Yuka Itayab. 1975JPJapanese actress
- Yuka Murofushib. 1977JPJapanese discus thrower, hammer thrower
- Yūka Nanrib. 1984JPJapanese voice actress and singer
- Yuka Kinoshitab. 1985JPJapanese YouTuber
- Yuka Katob. 1986JPJapanese swimmer
- Yuka Iguchib. 1988JPJapanese voice actress, Gravure idols
- Yuuka Suzukib. 1996JPnot in their usual nameJapanese fashion model and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,588 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 254 | #30,240 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 160 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 151 | #29,753 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 139 | #18,006 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 139 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 116 | #33,760 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 107 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 82 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 72 | #6,713 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 61 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 48 | #12,948 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 111 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Yuka?
- We estimate roughly 2.0 thousand people bear Yuka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Yuka have the most bearers?
- Yuka is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled yuka.
- How common is Yuka compared with other names?
- In Japan, Yuka is the 4th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.
- Is Yuka a male or female name?
- Yuka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Yuka mean?
- Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of ゆか
Query this name via API
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yuka” — the 4th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.