Yayoi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yayoi

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Yayoi between 1925 and 1992, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yayoi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yayoi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yayoi 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 Yayoi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yayoi 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.