Yoshida
Yoshida is the 11th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 芳田.
Meaning & Origin of Yoshida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yoshida is the 11th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 芳田.
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The Story of Yoshida
Yoshida first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1981, with 16 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 16 Yoshidas were born — ranking #4,530 that year. As of 2026, Yoshida ranks #9,015 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 27 Yoshidas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Yoshida
Yoshida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Yoshida's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #4,530. Use the chart and map above to compare Yoshida'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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