Recorded 1918–1929 Boys' name Peak 1926 89 births

Yoshiaki — boys' name

89 babies named Yoshiaki in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s101920s79
1920s
Peak decade

89% of everyone ever named Yoshiaki was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

13 babies were named Yoshiaki in 1926 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yoshiaki

The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Yoshiaki between 1918 and 1929, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoshiaki currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshiaki performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yoshiaki shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoshiaki in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshiaki 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 89 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.

Yoshiaki at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

89

Since 1918

12 years of records

Peak year

1926

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1918

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1929

Yoshiaki popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1918

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1926)
13
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
468101214 192919281927192619251923192219201918 10

Yoshiaki by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
79 births that decade — 89% of Yoshiaki's all-time total
1910s101920s79

Yoshiaki by state

Where Yoshiaki concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Regionally concentrated
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Yoshiaki
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
30 33.7%
#2 California
23 25.8%
Hawaii share of Yoshiaki's total US births 33.7%
Even split

30 of 89 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yoshiaki?
89 babies have been named Yoshiaki since 1918. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1926 with 13 births.
When was Yoshiaki most popular?
Yoshiaki was most popular in the 1920s decade with 79 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
Where is Yoshiaki most popular?
The top states for the name Yoshiaki are Hawaii (30 births), California (23 births).
How long has the name Yoshiaki been used?
Yoshiaki has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 12 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Yoshiaki?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yosef, Yoshio, Yoseph, Yoshua, 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, 1918–1929 (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.