Yoshio — boys' name

What the Data Says About Yoshio

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,175 babies named Yoshio between 1910 and 2021, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yoshio currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoshio performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 501 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Yoshio shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 516 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Yoshio in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Yoshio 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 1,175 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.