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Yuri

Boy's name · #1825 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

37% boys · 63% girls — About 63% of babies named Yuri in recent years have been girls. Yuri →

Popularity over time

Yuri reached its best rank, #1345, in 1976 and ranked #1825 in 2025. Roughly 2,500 boys have been named Yuri since 1961.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#211 in Switzerland (2025) · #275 in Italy (2024) · #836 in France (2025) · #1,804 in Canada (2025) · #1,830 in Austria (2025) · #2,846 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,220 in Belgium (2024) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #1,025 in Poland (2022) · #1,056 in Netherlands (2020) · #720 in Ireland (2010).

Famous Yuris

• Yuri Gagarin — Soviet pioneer cosmonaut (1934–1968)
• Yuri Andropov — Leader of the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984 (1914–1984)
• Yuri Nikulin — Soviet and Russian actor and clown (1921–1997)
• Yuri Zhirkov — Russian footballer (born 1983)
• Yuri Dolgorukiy — Prince of Rostov and Suzdal (c. 1099–1157)
• Yuri Knorozov — Soviet and Russian linguist (1922–1999)
• Yuri Oganessian — Russian nuclear physicist (born 1933)
• Yuri Berchiche — Spanish footballer (born 1990)
• Yuri Norstein — Russian animator (born 1941)
• Yuri Shevchuk — Russian singer (born 1957)

In stories & tradition

• Yuri Bohun — With Fire and Sword (book)
• Yuri Zhivago — Fictional character in Doctor Zhivago

What Yuris become

Among 1,897 notable people named Yuri:

Entertainers appear 1.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yuri Nikulin, Soviet and Russian actor and clown (1921–1997).

Similar names: Jordi · Levon · Yusef · Khyree · Nikola · Andrei

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