Yocasta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yocasta

The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Yocasta between 1970 and 1989, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yocasta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yocasta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yocasta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yocasta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yocasta 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.