Yuji
Yuji is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Yuji
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yuji is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Yuji
The earliest SSA record of Yuji as a baby boy name dates back to 1972, when 5 babies received it. 1992 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Yuji — #4,873 in the national rankings. About 22% of every Yuji on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Yuji last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 262 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yuji
Yuji is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 262 births in the dataset. Yuji's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #4,873. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuji's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.