Yuka
Yuka and Yūka are feminine Japanese given names.
Meaning & Origin of Yuka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yuka and Yūka are feminine Japanese given names.
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The Story of Yuka
Yuka first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 22 Yukas were born — ranking #4,583 that year. As of 2026, Yuka ranks #15,178 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 391 Yukas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Yuka
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer
- Yuka (有華) a Japanese singer-songwriter
- Yuka Ando ( 安藤 友香 ; born 1994) , a Japanese long-distance runner
- Yuka Endo ( 遠藤 由華 ; born 1991) , a Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- Yuka Fujimori ( 藤森 由香 ; born 1986) , a Japanese snowboarder
- Yuka Hirano ( 平野 由佳 ; born 1987) , a Japanese ice hockey player
- Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol
- Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician
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Names that sound like Yuka
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About the name Yuka
Yuka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 391 births in the dataset. Yuka's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #4,583. Use the chart and map above to compare Yuka'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 .
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