Recorded 1980–1994 Boys' name Peak 1990 35 births

Yohei — boys' name

35 babies named Yohei in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s211990s14
1980s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Yohei was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yohei in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yohei

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Yohei between 1980 and 1994, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yohei currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yohei performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yohei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yohei 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 35 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.

Yohei at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

35

Since 1980

15 years of records

Peak year

1990

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1980

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 1994

Yohei popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1980

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1990)
8
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
456789 199419901987198219811980 5

Yohei by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
21 births that decade — 60% of Yohei's all-time total
1980s211990s14

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yohei?
35 babies have been named Yohei since 1980. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1990 with 8 births.
When was Yohei most popular?
Yohei was most popular in the 1980s decade with 21 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Yohei been used?
Yohei has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 15 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Yohei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yohan, Yohannes, Yohance, Yohann, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–1994 (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.