Yogi — #8403 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Yogi

The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Yogi between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yogi currently holds the #8403 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yogi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Yogi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yogi 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 221 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.