Yuri

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⭐ Famous Yuri

Yuri Oganessian

Russian nuclear physicist

Choose Yuri and your child shares a first name with Yuri Oganessian, a Russian nuclear physicist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Yuri, like who?” Yuri Oganessian's Wikipedia article is available in 45 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 19,417 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Yuri, 88 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Yuri would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryYuri first shows up in US birth records in 1919, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 106 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1976, when it reached #1,333.
• 📈Then vs nowYuri is 4.4× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 85,470 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 19,417.
• 🚀TrendYuri has climbed 238 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,808. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedYuri is most popular in Massachusetts, where it ranks #467, followed by Georgia (#990). It's in the top 1,000 in 2 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlYuri is given to both boys and girls: 61% of the 227 babies named Yuri in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningYuri is a Russian form of George, which means “farmer”. Our records link it to English, Greek and Hebrew roots.

About the name Yuri

Yuri is a boy name of English, Greek and Hebrew origin meaning “farmer”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with Y and ending in “-uri”. US birth records list Yuri for boys from 1961 to 2025, in 63 of those 65 years. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked #1,333 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,808, with 88 babies.

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