Yu**
#5,373 most common boys' name of all time · #13,361 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1969–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,373
Rank overall
#13,361 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
830
Since 2016
112
Peak year
2007 #6,754
Best rank
#3,380 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 35/yr
Yu first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,403 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #12,678 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,102 |
| 2022 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,391 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,732 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,151 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,785 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,276 |
| 2017 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,938 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,280 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,231 |
| 2014 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #8,987 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #7,697 |
| 2012 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,348 |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #11,149 |
| 2010 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,932 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,301 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,133 |
| 2007 | 23 | 12 | 35 | #6,754 |
| 2006 | 14 | 13 | 27 | #6,198 |
| 2005 | 19 | 9 | 28 | #7,844 |
| 2004 | 14 | 12 | 26 | #6,269 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | 28 | #5,369 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | 34 | #4,573 |
| 2001 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #9,574 |
| 2000 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #5,397 |
| 1999 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #6,222 |
| 1998 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #6,492 |
| 1997 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #6,842 |
| 1996 | 10 | 8 | 18 | #6,717 |
| 1995 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #6,111 |
| 1994 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #4,649 |
| 1993 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 1992 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #5,852 |
| 1991 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #5,289 |
| 1990 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #4,312 |
| 1989 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #4,981 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #4,620 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,490 |
| 1986 | 6 | 14 | 20 | #3,380 |
| 1985 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,731 |
| 1984 | 8 | 12 | 20 | #3,620 |
| 1983 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,222 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1981 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #6,767 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,484 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,610 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,040 |