Recorded 1975–1994 Girls' name Peak 1976 81 births

Yoshika — girls' name

81 babies named Yoshika in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s321980s351990s14
1980s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Yoshika was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

8 babies were named Yoshika in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yoshika

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Yoshika between 1975 and 1994, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yoshika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yoshika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshika 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 81 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.

Yoshika at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

81

Since 1975

20 years of records

Peak year

1976

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1975

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 1994

Yoshika popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1975

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1976)
8
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
456789 1994198819841982197919771975 5

Yoshika by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
35 births that decade — 43% of Yoshika's all-time total
1970s321980s351990s14

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yoshika?
81 babies have been named Yoshika since 1975. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1976 with 8 births.
When was Yoshika most popular?
Yoshika was most popular in the 1980s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
How long has the name Yoshika been used?
Yoshika has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 20 years of data through 1994.
What names are similar to Yoshika?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Yoselin, Yoselyn, Yoshiko, Yoseline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1975–1994 (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.