Yoshi comes from the Japanese tradition, meaning Silent or Quiet.
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How popular is Yoshi?
2011peak year
Today, Yoshi is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #9197), with only about 12 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2011, 17 babies were given the name (ranked #5427 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Yoshi has been trending upward in recent years. In all, around 303 babies have been registered as Yoshi since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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