Recorded 1917–1929 Unisex name Peak 1917 65 births

Yoshimi — boys' name

65 babies named Yoshimi in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s171920s48
1920s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Yoshimi was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

9 babies were named Yoshimi in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Yoshimi

The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Yoshimi between 1917 and 1929, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoshimi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Yoshimi is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 30 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshimi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Yoshimi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yoshimi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshimi 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 65 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.

Yoshimi at a glance

Last recorded 1929

Total births

65

Since 1917

13 years of records

Peak year

1917

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1929

Active since

1917

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 1929

Yoshimi popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1917

Last recorded 1929
Peak year (1917)
9
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
45678910 1929192819261925192419231922192119181917 9

Yoshimi popularity over time — girls

30 total births recorded since 1915 (Yoshimi as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 30 births
4.555.566.577.5 19891926192319191915 6

Yoshimi by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
48 births that decade — 74% of Yoshimi's all-time total
1910s171920s48

Yoshimi by state

Where Yoshimi concentrates geographically — total births since 1917

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Yoshimi
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
22 33.8%
Hawaii share of Yoshimi's total US births 33.8%

22 of 65 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Yoshimi?
65 babies have been named Yoshimi since 1917. It was last recorded in 1929. The peak year was 1917 with 9 births.
When was Yoshimi most popular?
Yoshimi was most popular in the 1920s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
Where is Yoshimi most popular?
The top states for the name Yoshimi are Hawaii (22 births).
Is Yoshimi a unisex name?
Yes, Yoshimi is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 65 births, and as a girl's name it has 30 births.
How long has the name Yoshimi been used?
Yoshimi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 13 years of data through 1929.
What names are similar to Yoshimi?
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, 1917–1929 (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.