Total births
18
Recorded 1920–1927 Boys' name Peak 1922 18 births
Yoichi — boys' name
18 babies named Yoichi in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
1920s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Yoichi was born in this single decade.
1922
Single peak year
7 babies were named Yoichi in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yoichi
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Yoichi between 1920 and 1927, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoichi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoichi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yoichi 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 18 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.
Yoichi at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
1922
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1920
Yoichi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1920
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Yoichi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 18 births that decade — 100% of Yoichi's all-time total
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Yoichi? ▼
18 babies have been named Yoichi since 1920. It was last recorded in 1927. The peak year was 1922 with 7 births.
When was Yoichi most popular? ▼
Yoichi was most popular in the 1920s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Yoichi been used? ▼
Yoichi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1920, spanning 8 years of data through 1927.
What names are similar to Yoichi? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yoisel. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
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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, 1920–1927 (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.