Yoshimi

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #9,681 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to boys 68.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,732
1917 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1917
9 births
In top 100 · boys
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of 146 years
Total births · boys
65
since 1917

Yoshimi over time

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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Yoshimi! It came in at #2,732, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Yoshimi is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedGAHawaii: #90 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 347 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Yoshimi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#90 · 1 in 347

Best ever in a state: #90 in Hawaii, 1917.

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See more about Yoshimi
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1929
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1917 at #2,732 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1919, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 102,831
  • Highest: 1 in 102,831 boys born in 1917 were named Yoshimi (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,123 boys born in 1929 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 73.8% of all boys named Yoshimi (48) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
  • Mostly boys until 1988, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s17#2,732 (1917)#2,914
1920s48#3,357 (1928)#3,794

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

Yoshimi in 1917

boys
#2,732
9 births · 1 in 102,831 boys

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #2,732Yoshimi9
More about 1917

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 102,831 of them was named Yoshimi, which outranked 40.6% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yoshimi
  1. #2,562Zelma10
  2. #2,562Zolton10
  3. #2,562Zygmund10
  4. #2,732Yoshimi9
  5. #2,732Adair9
  6. #2,732Alba9
  7. #2,732Aldred9
  8. #2,956Able8
  9. #2,956Adalbert8
  10. #2,956Addis8

Tied with 223 names at #2,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917 →