Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yukari through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 180
- 0 boys · 180 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,030 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.
Yukari’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Yukari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ゆかり. In Japanese usage, Yukari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 優華理. In Japanese usage, Yukari is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 友佳理.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 19
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 由狩original script · Japanese
- 由香利original script · Japanese
- 油香梨original script · Japanese
- 祐佳里original script · Japanese
- 由佳梨original script · Japanese
- 由嘉利original script · Japanese
- 夕香里original script · Japanese
- 裕佳梨original script · Japanese
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- 由加莉original script · Japanese
- 友加里original script · Japanese
- 友香織original script · Japanese
- ゆかりoriginal script · Japanese
- 優華理original script · Japanese
- 友佳理original script · Japanese
- 由加里original script · Japanese
- 紫莉original script · Japanese
- 紫original script · Japanese
- Yukarylikely spelling
- Yucarilikely spelling
People named Yukari
- Yukari KingaJapanese association football playerborn 1984
- Yukari TamuraJapanese singer and voice actress (born 1976)
- Yukari Nakanofigure skaterborn 1985
- Yukari FukuiJapanese actress, voice actress and gravure idolborn 1982
- Yukari YoshiharaJapanese Go playerborn 1973
- Yukari KawasakiJapanese archerborn 1976
- Yukari KokubunJapanese voice actressborn 1983
- Yukari MiyakeJapanese singerborn 1986
- Yukari IchijoJapanese mangakaborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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