Yoshiko

Last seen for girls in 2007 at #13,924

Peak · girls
1921 · 85 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,331
since 1906

Yoshiko over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Yoshiko has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #793, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#13,9247
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1994#11,7786
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1992#10,4797
1991#5,65916
1990#8,5019
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1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986#9,5456
1985#5,67812
1984#6,8109
1983#10,2755
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1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
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1978#8,5626
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975#6,4848
1974#8,7755
1973#8,4235
1972#8,2925
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1970#5,8188
1969#6,6176
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1945#4,5565
1944#2,76211
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1941#3,9546
1940#4,3495
1939#3,1458
1938#2,57911
1937#2,57011
1936#2,26313
1935#2,00616
1934#1,83418
1933#2,05215
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1927#1,13945
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1917#89659
1916#1,04344
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1914#1,17527
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1912#1,9819
1911#2,4635
1910#1,52110
1909#1,7637
1908#2,1015
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Yoshiko! It came in at #1,553, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Yoshiko is popular in 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNHWashington: #238 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,611 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #153 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 776 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedGAHawaii: #25 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 106 girlsHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Yoshiko, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#25 · 1 in 106
  2. California#153 · 1 in 776
  3. Washington#238 · 1 in 1,611

Best ever in a state: #6 in Hawaii, 1913.

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Hawaii#25271 in 106
California#153301 in 776
Washington#23861 in 1,611
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See more about Yoshiko
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 147 spots in 1917 (#1,043 → #896)
  • Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1927 (#893 → #1,139)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1921 at #793 (85 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1917–1926
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,507
  • Highest: 1 in 14,507 girls born in 1921 were named Yoshiko (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 274,660 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 46.9% of all girls named Yoshiko (624) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s19#1,553 (1906)#1,806
1910s344#850 (1919)#1,299
1920s624#793 (1921)#977
1930s160#1,320 (1930)#2,166
1940s27#2,762 (1944)#3,905
1950s0——
1960s6#6,617 (1969)#6,617
1970s49#5,818 (1970)#7,901
1980s57#5,678 (1985)#8,836
1990s38#5,659 (1991)#9,104
2000s7#13,924 (2007)#13,924

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yoshiko in 1919

girls
#850
67 births · 1 in 16,867 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #850Yoshiko67
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 16,867 of them was named Yoshiko, which outranked 84.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yoshiko
  1. #843Naoma68
  2. #843Queenie68
  3. #843Willia68
  4. #850Yoshiko67
  5. #850Cruz67
  6. #850Delpha67
  7. #850Gay67
  8. #858Adaline66
  9. #858Cordie66
  10. #858Florida66

Tied with 7 names at #850; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919 →