Yoshiaki
Yoshiaki is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Yoshiaki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yoshiaki is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Yoshiaki
Yoshiaki first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1918, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1926, when 13 Yoshiakis were born — ranking #2,302 that year. As of 2026, Yoshiaki ranks #3,560 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 89 Yoshiakis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yoshiaki
Yoshiaki is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Yoshiaki's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #2,302. Use the chart and map above to compare Yoshiaki'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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