Boys' name · since 1953
Yogi
Yogi has 232 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
232 babies have been named Yogi since 1953, making it today's #7279 boys' name.
Yogi has 232 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7279 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #12,105 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,279 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 232 born since 1953
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yogi ranks #12,105 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,279 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 232 born since 1953, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,105 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,279 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 232
- born since 1953
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yogi's 232 recorded births place it above 73.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Yogi compares
232 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yogi's all-time total is 37% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yogi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 232 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Yogi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yogi's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yogi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Yogi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (81 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Yogi's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Yogi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 81 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Yogi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (81 total births) through the 2020s (66) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yogi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Yogi 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.