Yayeko — girls' name
11 babies named Yayeko in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Yayeko was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Yayeko in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yayeko
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Yayeko between 1917 and 1922, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yayeko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1922. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yayeko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yayeko shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yayeko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yayeko 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 11 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.
Yayeko at a glance
Last recorded 1922Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yayeko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1917
- Peak year (1922)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1922.
11 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 6 births in a single year.
Yayeko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Yayeko's all-time total
Yayeko decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Yayeko's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Yayeko by state
Where Yayeko concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 45.5% |
5 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 45.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 45.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1922 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.