Yu

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Yu: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Yu: Recorded since 1996, it reached #404 in 2007, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#404highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Yu's record

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#1617
2005	#2084
2006	#1052
2007	#1854
2008	#1247
2009	#1139
2010	#1332
2011	#1295
2012	#1075
2013	#1324
2014	#1341
2015	#2496
2016	#1749
2017	#4763
2018	#2901
2020	#3447
2022	#3533
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1749 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2016
Highest recorded position: #404 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2006–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Yu appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 322 births with the name.

Yu across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Yu's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#809 (2009)	#5119 (2024)	24 of 29	322 (1996–2024)	35 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#1052 (2006)	#5891 (2024)	22 of 28	315 (1997–2024)	32 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#490 (2003)	#490 (2003)	#868 (2016)	9 of 14	37 (2003–2016)	6 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2006)	#404 (2007)	#713 (2016)	7 of 11	29 (2006–2016)	7 (2007)

Yu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Yu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	131	8 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	20	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Yu appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #404 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Yu's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1341	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1560	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1332	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1139	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#850	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1506	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #404, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

2 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Yousuf · #430, 30y
Ysabella · #1815, 26y
Yug · #1124, 19y
Yui · #3848, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Augustus · #404, 29y
Blayne · #404, 23y
Marcos · #404, 29y
Jonjo · #403, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Albi · #404, 26y
Augustus · #404, 29y
Aydin · #404, 29y
Blayne · #404, 23y

Yu was ranked #404 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Yu and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Yu without appearing here.

Yu moved ahead of

Therese Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1052 and #3548.
Lene Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3998 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1617 and #3725.
Malin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #3651.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Yu

Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1986 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1470 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #1382.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1749 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Yu

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Yu

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Yu went from #2863 to #5119 and Alexander from #14 to #36.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #404 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yu

Yu at a glance

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Popularity journey

Yu across 4 official records

Yu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Yu appears in

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