Yoyo — #14522 US girls' name
73 babies named Yoyo in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to girls today.
67% of everyone ever named Yoyo was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Yoyo in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yoyo
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Yoyo between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Yoyo currently holds the #14522 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yoyo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Yoyo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Yoyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yoyo 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 73 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.
Yoyo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Yoyo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #14522 among girls.
73 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Yoyo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 49 births that decade — 67% of Yoyo's all-time total
Yoyo decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yoyo's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Yoyo by state
Where Yoyo concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 15.1% |
11 of 73 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 15.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2007–2024 (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.