Yurika

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Yurika has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 1984. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1995, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Yurika, 2011

1 in 610,000

Yurika over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Yurika: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Japanese origin

Japanese

What Yurika means

Yurika is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Yurika is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 girls were recorded with the name Yurika between 1984 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1995; its best national rank was #8,753 in 1995.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Yurika?

Yurika had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Yurika sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2011 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 422,582 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yurika. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yurikas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yurika was born before 1998 — so the typical Yurika is around 27 today.

Median birth year: 1998; About 27 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 44.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 105; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 44.8% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Yurika rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1995 (10)
Years since peak: 30; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,753; 1995

Spellings of Yurika

Yurika is not the most common spelling — Erika is, with 84.4% against Yurika's 0.07%.

Erika84.4%125,664
Yuri2.5%3,769
Yuridia1.7%2,602
Arika1.6%2,453
Marika1.5%2,292
Yulisa1.4%2,026
Jerika0.98%1,457
Auria0.85%1,271

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Yurika by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,753; 1995
Peak year: 1995; 10 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 105
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Yurika

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Yuriah Yurani Navika Yuvika Onnika Eshika Yurianna Ruhika Adrika Arnika Vivika Ashvika Yureli Yurico Tanvika Adhvika Anaika Aarvika Emika Aadvika Naomika Naika Shivika Suleika

Sibling names for Yurika

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Salena Corrina Darby Alexandrea Iman Breonna Fabiola Berenice

For a brother

Hernan Rashawn Travon Madison Austen Deonte Denton Austyn

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