Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yuka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 0 boys · 391 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −81%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,684 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yuka’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Yuka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佑圭. In Japanese usage, Yuka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佑果. In Japanese usage, Yuka is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 優花.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 17
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yuka
- Yūka MomikiJapanese association football playerborn 1996
- Yuka MiyazakiJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Yuka IguchiJapanese voice actress, Gravure idolsborn 1988
- Yuka KatoJapanese swimmerborn 1986
- Yuka KanekoJapanese tennis playerborn 1976
- Yuka ImaiJapanese voice actressborn 1970
- Yuka ŌtsuboJapanese voice actressborn 1993
- Yuka IchiguchiJapanese softball playerborn 1992
- Yuka SaitōJapanese voice actressborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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