Yogi

Popularity Trends

The name Yogi is the #7,527 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 212 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 2.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,374 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 212 births since 1953.

Yogi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for boys in 1953). Birth data for Yogi is available in 27 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Yogi reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #904) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Yogi ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 64.1% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Yogi".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

212

Peak Births

Peak Year

2019

First Recorded

1953

Peak Percentile

1.4%

Current Percentile

0.7%

Peak Rank

#904

Current Rank

#905

Male statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Yogi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Yogi.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Yogi's popularity from 1950 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Yogi at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Yogi range from Denylah at 84.4% correlation to Bodi at 82.6% correlation, with an average correlation level of 83.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Macklin with 2.2K births (98% boys) and the least popular is Denylah with 77 births (100% girls).

Yogi's share of births peaked at 9.4 births per million for boys in 2019. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (24% of peak) in 2008. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Yogi had 6 births per million, 64% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Denylah

84.41% (very strong)

Romari

137

83.61% (very strong)

Empress

1,570

83.40% (very strong)

Ausar

268

83.33% (very strong)

Braven

980

83.29% (very strong)

Deaire

188

83.24% (very strong)

Kyser

383

83.22% (very strong)

Success

194

83.11% (very strong)

Mirai

374

83.10% (very strong)

Macklin

2,159

82.89% (very strong)

Aleister

573

82.72% (very strong)

Bodi

817

82.60% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Yogi

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Yogi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Yogi is pronounced as YOH-gee, which has 2 syllables.

YOH-gee

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YOH-gee (2 syllables)

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Y OW1 G IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like Y OW1 G IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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