Girls' name · since 1923
Yoko
Yoko has 476 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 476
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yoko is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 476 have been recorded since 1923.
Yoko has 476 recorded births among girls since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2021.
- #12,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 476 born since 1923
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoko ranks #12,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 476 born since 1923, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 476
- born since 1923
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yoko's 476 recorded births place it above 83.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Yoko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Yoko splits its recorded history at 1986: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Yoko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2021
- Peak year (1981)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
Yoko by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (128 births, 27% of the file).
1980s was Yoko's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Yoko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 40
1930s
40 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s
1970s
100 births
- 1980s
1980s
128 births
- 1990s
1990s
90 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 128 births (27% of all-time use).
Yoko by state
Where Yoko concentrates geographically, total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 41 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
41 of 476 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Yoko's data
- Yoko's decade-level peak was the 1980s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Yokos (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Yoko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~98 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, 1923–2021 (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 Yoko 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.