Yayoi
Yayoi is a feminine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Yayoi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yayoi is a feminine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Yayoi
The earliest SSA record of Yayoi as a baby girl name dates back to 1925, when 6 babies received it. 1925 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Yayoi — #4,426 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Yayoi on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Yayoi last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Yayoi
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Yayoi Jinguji ( 弥生 ; 1965–2017) , Japanese voice actress
- Yayoi Kano ( 加納 弥生 ; 1963–2019) , Japanese artistic gymnast
- Yayoi Kitazume ( 北爪 やよひ ; born 1945) , Japanese composer
- Yayoi Kobayashi ( 小林 弥生 ; born 1981) , Japanese women's footballer
- Yayoi Kusama ( 彌生 or 弥生 ; born 1929) , Japanese artist
- Yayoi Matsumoto ( 弥生 ; born 1990) , Japanese swimmer
- Yayoi Nagaoka ( 長岡 弥生 ; born 1974) , Japanese speed skater
- Yayoi Watanabe ( やよい ; born 1952) , Japanese actress
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About the name Yayoi
Yayoi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1925 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Yayoi's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #4,426. Use the chart and map above to compare Yayoi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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