Yoshio

Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799

Peak · boys
1921 · 73 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,175
since 1910

Yoshio over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Yoshio has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #790, 1921boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021#10,7996
2020
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017
2016
2015
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2010
2009#9,8647
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005#8,2998
2004#9,9486
2003
2002
2001#10,5565
2000#10,3495
1999#8,7046
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#6,4078
1994
1993#6,2288
1992#7,4226
1991#5,5219
1990#5,8238
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987#4,9688
1986#4,8538
1985#3,40113
1984#5,5616
1983#6,2385
1982#3,48212
1981#4,9617
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1942#3,5605
1941
1940#3,1306
1939#3,4805
1938
1937#2,33210
1936#3,1476
1935#2,12712
1934#2,26611
1933#1,82915
1932#1,35626
1931#1,69318
1930#1,25932
1929#1,12938
1928#1,35329
1927#1,14539
1926#1,01846
1925#92453
1924#92557
1923#91356
1922#92856
1921#79073
1920#94054
1919#91853
1918#80566
1917#80461
1916#89249
1915#94144
1914#98632
1913#1,07522
1912#1,41712
1911#1,7405
1910#1,5895
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Yoshio! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1938–1939, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Yoshio
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 150 spots in 1921 (#940#790)
  • Biggest drop: 138 spots in 1922 (#790#928)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1921 at #790 (73 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1914–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,088
  • Highest: 1 in 15,088 boys born in 1921 were named Yoshio (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 42.6% of all boys named Yoshio (501) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s349#804 (1917)#1,117
1920s501#790 (1921)#1,007
1930s135#1,259 (1930)#2,165
1940s11#3,130 (1940)#3,345
1950s0
1960s0
1970s0
1980s71#3,401 (1985)#5,203
1990s50#5,521 (1991)#7,053
2000s42#8,299 (2005)#10,285
2010s10#12,145 (2019)#12,151
2020s6#10,799 (2021)#10,799

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.

Yoshio in 1930

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#1,259
32 births · 1 in 34,293 boys

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #1,259Yoshio32
More about 1930

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 34,293 of them was named Yoshio, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yoshio
  1. #1,235Titus33
  2. #1,235Verlon33
  3. #1,235Vernal33
  4. #1,259Yoshio32
  5. #1,259Archibald32
  6. #1,259Arne32
  7. #1,259Catherine32
  8. #1,283Antoine31
  9. #1,283Berkley31
  10. #1,283Buel31

Tied with 23 names at #1,259; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930