Yoshiko
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Yoshiko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yoshiko is a feminine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Yoshiko
American parents first put Yoshiko on the record books as a baby girl name in 1906, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 85 Yoshikos were born — ranking #793 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 47% of all recorded Yoshikos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2007 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Yoshikos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Yoshiko
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yoshiko. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Etsuko
- Ryōko
- Ryouko
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About the name Yoshiko
Yoshiko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Yoshiko's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #793. Use the chart and map above to compare Yoshiko'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.