Boys' name · since 1923

Yoshihiro

25 babies named Yoshihiro in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#27,412 of 45,481
all-time among boys
25
born since 1923
1990s
peak decade

Yoshihiro is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 1923.

Yoshihiro has 25 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1995.

  • #27,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 25 born since 1923
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoshihiro ranks #27,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1923, peaking in the 1990s.

#27,412 of 45,481
all-time among boys
25
born since 1923
1990s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Yoshihiro's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Yoshihiro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Yoshihiro's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded.

Yoshihiro popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1995

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1923)
5
Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
5 19231991199319941995 5

Yoshihiro by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 80% of the file).

1990s was Yoshihiro's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.

Yoshihiro births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (80% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yoshihiro? ▼
25 babies have been named Yoshihiro since 1923. All-time, it sits at #27,412 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1923 with 5 births.
Where does Yoshihiro sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yoshihiro ranks #27,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Yoshihiro most popular? ▼
Yoshihiro was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1923.
How long has the name Yoshihiro been used? ▼
Records for Yoshihiro go back to 1923, giving 73 years of history through 1995.
What names are similar to Yoshihiro? ▼
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.

Keep exploring Yoshihiro

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Two nationwide peer axes for Yoshihiro: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1923–1995 (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 Yoshihiro 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.