Yoneko — girls' name

What the Data Says About Yoneko

The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Yoneko between 1914 and 1930, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yoneko currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoneko performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yoneko shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoneko in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoneko 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 202 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.