Yaeko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yaeko

The Social Security Administration has registered 439 babies named Yaeko between 1912 and 1936, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yaeko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1936. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yaeko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 253 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yaeko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 285 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Yaeko in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yaeko in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 439 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.