Yoshi was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Yoshi as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#9,714 (7)
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2024
#8,312 (9)
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2023
#5,927 (15)
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2022
#6,147 (14)
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2021
#6,335 (13)
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2020
#10,605 (6)
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2019
#6,777 (12)
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2018
#8,154 (9)
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2017
#8,840 (8)
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2016
#10,744 (6)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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2014
#9,642 (7)
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2012
#6,626 (12)
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2011
#5,200 (17)
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2010
#8,139 (9)
#4,678 (3)
Yoshi as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2022
#15,306 (5)
2021
#15,251 (5)
2017
#14,124 (6)
2016
#16,215 (5)
2009
#15,242 (6)
2005
#16,462 (5)
2003
#13,844 (6)
1998
#11,138 (7)
1974
#8,775 (5)
1973
#6,666 (7)
1924
#4,434 (6)
1922
#5,009 (5)
1921
#5,099 (5)
1919
#3,817 (7)
1916
#4,417 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2011 at #5,200.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1923.
In 2022, 26% of US babies named Yoshi were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
Next year
On its recent trend, Yoshi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 150,000 to 1 in 420,000.