Yoko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yoko

The Social Security Administration has registered 476 babies named Yoko between 1923 and 2021, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yoko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoko performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Yoko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoko in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoko 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 476 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.