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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #793, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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rankbirths
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2007#13,9247
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1994#11,7786
1993
1992#10,4797
1991#5,65916
1990#8,5019
1989
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986#9,5456
1985#5,67812
1984#6,8109
1983#10,2755
1982
1981#7,4098
1980#10,3925
1979
1978#8,5626
1977#7,5677
1976#9,2845
1975#6,4848
1974#8,7755
1973#8,4235
1972#8,2925
1971
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
1932#1,68521
1931#2,20514
1930#1,32033
1929#1,28234
1928#1,23938
1927#1,13945
1926#89369
1925#94063
1924#95164
1923#91264
1922#81980
1921#79385
1920#79782
1919#85067
1918#94857
1917#89659
1916#1,04344
1915#1,07539
1914#1,17527
1913#1,04027
1912#1,9819
1911#2,4635
1910#1,52110
1909#1,7637
1908#2,1015
1907
1906#1,5537
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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.

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 1924

girls
#951
64 births · 1 in 19,514 girls

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #951Yoshiko64
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 19,514 of them was named Yoshiko, which outranked 83.9% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yoshiko
  1. #941Nedra65
  2. #941Penelope65
  3. #941Vivienne65
  4. #951Yoshiko64
  5. #951Dorthea64
  6. #951Ernestina64
  7. #951Fairy64
  8. #962Domenica63
  9. #962Kathryne63
  10. #962Lilia63

Tied with 10 names at #951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

See the top 100 for 1924