Recorded 1990–2009 Boys' name Peak 1994 22 births

Yoshiki — boys' name

22 babies named Yoshiki in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s172000s5
1990s
Peak decade

77% of everyone ever named Yoshiki was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

7 babies were named Yoshiki in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yoshiki

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Yoshiki between 1990 and 2009, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoshiki currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshiki performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yoshiki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshiki 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 22 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.

Yoshiki at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

22

Since 1990

20 years of records

Peak year

1994

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1990

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2009

Yoshiki popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1990

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1994)
7
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2009199419921990 5

Yoshiki by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
17 births that decade — 77% of Yoshiki's all-time total
1990s172000s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yoshiki?
22 babies have been named Yoshiki since 1990. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1994 with 7 births.
When was Yoshiki most popular?
Yoshiki was most popular in the 1990s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Yoshiki been used?
Yoshiki has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 20 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Yoshiki?
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, 1990–2009 (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.