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Yoshi

#10,650 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Good luck

Yoshi has been given to 310 babies in the U.S. since 1923. In 2025 it ranked #10,650 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Yoshi, 2025

1 in 474,000

Yoshi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Yoshi over time

In 2025, Yoshi went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19142025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Yoshi: meaning, origin, and history

Good luck

Japanese

What Yoshi means

Yoshi means “good luck”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From 義 (Yoshi, common Japanese male given name), and many other spellings. See よし.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Yoshi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Yoshi is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Yoshi is pronounced /ˈjəʊʃi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 219 boys were recorded with the name Yoshi between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2011; its best national rank was #4,892 in 1923.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,971 in 2020 to #10,650 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,983 in 2015 to #10,650 in 2025.

In the United States, 91 girls were recorded with the name Yoshi between 1914 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1919; its best national rank was #3,606 in 1914.

How common is Yoshi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 244,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,650
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
328,272 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Yoshi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Yoshi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Yoshis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Yoshi was born before 2014 — so the typical Yoshi is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
214
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.8% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Yoshi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,685
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,321
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+3,333
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.2%
Peak was 2011 (17)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
38.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,892
1923

Spellings of Yoshi

Yoshi is not the most common spelling — Moshe is, with 24.1% against Yoshi's 0.29%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Yoshi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Yoshi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 792,396 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yoshi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Yoshi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Yoshi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Yoshi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Yoshi around the world

Where Yoshi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2010
    #4,678
    in 2010
  • South Australia
    1986–1986
    #460
    in 1986

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Yoshi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,650
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,321
Best rank ever
#4,892
1923
Peak year
2011
17 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
219
Count in 2025
7

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,606
1914
Peak year
1919
7 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
91
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Yoshi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Yoshi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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