Yoshiko
Meaning
good, righteous child
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yoshiko has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
726 people · the #10,342 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 77
Among people named Yoshiko living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Yoshiko
People given the name Yoshiko in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yoshiko deep dive
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