Girls' name · since 1969
Yashica
1,048 babies named Yashica in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,048
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yashica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,048 have been recorded since 1969.
Yashica has 1,048 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2021.
- #7,272 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,048 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yashica ranks #7,272 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,048 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,048
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yashica's 1,048 recorded births place it above 89.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
Yashica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Yashica's full recorded timeline at 1985, 18% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 82% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 116 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Yashica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2021
- Peak year (1979)
- 116
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Yashica by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (600 births, 57% of the file).
1970s was Yashica's strongest decade.
600 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Yashica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
600 births
- 1980s
1980s
349 births
- 1990s 35
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 600 births (57% of all-time use).
How Yashica compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yashica's total volume
Yashica by state
Where Yashica concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 98 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 78 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 53 | 5.1% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 46 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 35 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 29 | 2.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 25 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 13 | 1.2% |
98 of 1,048 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Yashica appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yashica's data
- Yashica's decade-level peak was the 1970s (600 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Yashicas (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yashica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yashica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.