Yoshiro
Yoshirō, Yoshiro or Yoshirou is a masculine Japanese given name.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Yoshiro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yoshirō, Yoshiro or Yoshirou is a masculine Japanese given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Yoshiro
American parents first put Yoshiro on the record books as a baby boy name in 1921, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 6 Yoshiros were born — ranking #3,869 that year. Yoshiro last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 27 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yoshiro
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yoshiro. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yoshirō
- Yoshirou
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About the name Yoshiro
Yoshiro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 27 births in the dataset. Yoshiro's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,869. Use the chart and map above to compare Yoshiro'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.