Yukari
Yukari is a feminine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Yukari
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yukari is a feminine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Yukari
The earliest SSA record of Yukari as a baby girl name dates back to 1985, when 6 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Yukari — #8,714 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Yukari on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Yukari last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 180 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Yukari
Yukari is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 180 births in the dataset. Yukari's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #8,714. Use the chart and map above to compare Yukari'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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