Yu is a rare name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 2007 and has since faded.
Yu is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,892 for boy births in the United States (and #18,412 across all names), given to 9 babies. Yu was first reported in SSA data in 1969 and peaked in 2002 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,892 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #15,220 | #14,217 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | — | #12,205 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,750 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,139 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,483 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,197 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,602 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | #11,594 | #10,740 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 | #16,166 | #7,591 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,723 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #19,137 | #9,610 |
| 2013 | 18 | 18 | #13,108 | #8,094 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | #11,222 | #8,846 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #16,699 | #12,246 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #12,247 | #10,736 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #13,670 | #12,453 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | — | #11,008 |
| 2007 | 35 | 35 | #6,079 | #7,071 |
| 2006 | 27 | 27 | #8,706 | #6,451 |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | #6,525 | #8,279 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | #8,246 | #6,508 |
| 2003 | 28 | 28 | #7,990 | #5,549 |
| 2002 | 34 | 34 | #6,690 | #4,700 |
| 2001 | 18 | 18 | #8,741 | #10,534 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #9,154 | #5,577 |
| 1999 | 22 | 22 | #8,212 | #6,523 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #11,120 | #6,831 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | #10,820 | #7,269 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | #8,805 | #7,126 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #7,505 | #6,398 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | #7,601 | #4,798 |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #8,714 | #4,443 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #8,059 | #6,121 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #8,582 | #5,510 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #5,834 | #4,403 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | #6,953 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | #11,786 | #4,779 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | — | #6,940 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #10,898 | #3,439 |
| 1985 | 21 | — | #7,552 | #3,801 |
| 1984 | 20 | — | #8,148 | #3,697 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | #10,269 | #5,478 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,465 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #10,401 | #7,271 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #9,089 | — |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,763 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #8,432 | — |
| 1976 | 5 | — | — | #6,490 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | — | #5,868 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,657 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #5,035 |