Yui

Yui was the #5,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (20 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Yui as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Yui as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Yui as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,917 (20)—#3,044 (6)
2024#5,615 (22)#5,892 (3)—
2023#5,960 (20)#5,688 (3)#2,900 (6)
2022#5,028 (26)#5,670 (3)#2,133 (9)
2021#6,414 (18)#4,634 (4)—
2020#7,969 (13)——
2019#5,986 (20)——
2018#6,521 (18)——
2017#5,821 (21)#5,765 (3)—
2016#4,423 (32)——
2015#4,725 (29)#5,730 (3)#2,891 (6)
2014#6,207 (20)——
2013#6,017 (21)——
2012#6,872 (18)#4,838 (4)—
2011#6,855 (18)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #4,423.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Yui is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 77,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 55,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
YuiCanadaGirls#3,0446
YuiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
YuiUSGirls#5,91720